New Bloody Panda - "Saccades II"

New York experimental/ritualistic doom crew Bloody Panda are one of those groups who sound great on record, but emerge a different monster entirely when you see them live. Everyone in the group minus vocalist (and visual artist) Yoshiko Ohara wear black executioner hoods, immediately transforming some of the nicest guys in the world into bleak funeral doom henchmen. (Ohara's contribution to "The Beacon" from Ocean's Pantheon Of The Lesser is something else worth checking out live/on record.) The group's new collection Summon, the first for Profound Lore, was recorded gorgeously with thick, dank atmospherics by Jason Marcucci and Bloody Panda Josh Rothenberger. See, for example, "Sacades II." The lyrics: "Pharmacy / Warm water / A bed of stone / My feeble faith / My paradox / My artery." In case you want to lament along.

Bloody Panda - "Saccades II" (MP3)

The tracklist:

01 "Gold"
02 "Pusher"
03 "Saccades I"
04 "Saccades II"
05 "Miserere"
06 "Grey"
07 "Hashira"

Summon is out 8/25 via Profound Lore. It comes with a bonus DVD for the song "Miserere," a 21-minute "doomcollage of live moments, natural disaster footage, and butoh."

Posted at 11:09 AM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Bloody Panda

9 Comments

Stereogum is posting a ton of flavor of the moment/way under the radar band news this week. Scott must be on vacation or something.

Posted by: Yuppie Music Listener at 08/12/09 11:53 AM  | Reply
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I wish. We are transitioning into an all-metal blog though.

Posted by: Scott  in reply to Yuppie Music Listener's comment at 08/12/09 12:23 PM  | Reply
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Wha? If flavor of the moment AND way under the radar band news are offensive, exactly what does that leave SG to cover? Bruce Springsteen? I'm all about tipping the editors too but at least make sense when you do it. Anyway looks like they just posted Pearl Jam for you, Yup.

Posted by: netrix  in reply to Yuppie Music Listener's comment at 08/12/09 12:51 PM  | Reply
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BUT IT'S NOT DIRTY GRIZZLY ANIMAL COLLECTIVE BEAR PROJECTORS! I only know those three band names and play them at my parties. Them and Passion Pit, and Girl Talk but only if my generic friends from home come up to visit on the weekend!

Posted by: Yuppie Music Listener  in reply to netrix 's comment at 08/12/09 1:12 PM  | Reply
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So, this sounds like something in between My Bloody Valentine and Panda Bear?

Posted by: personx at 08/12/09 12:49 PM  | Reply
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this is terrible

Posted by: KG at 08/12/09 7:17 PM  | Reply
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love the panda, they'll be at union pool 8.21. so will i.

Posted by: rob at 08/12/09 8:13 PM  | Reply
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Pheromone was great. Summon is even better.

Posted by: Ben Chan at 08/12/09 9:00 PM  | Reply
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gimmie more, gimmie more

Posted by: n!k at 08/13/09 7:02 PM  | Reply
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