Passion Rift by Chowder (MD)
Immediately after recording the EP, Chowder’s ambitions broadened and deepened. Taking their unique vision even further, they wrote a new song, titled “Passion Rift,” which would become the epic title cut for their first full-length album.
Nearly two years in the making, “Passion Rift” encompasses everything that makes Chowder a great band: off-kilter arrangements, abrupt time-changes, memorable melodies, creepy dissonances, top-notch songwriting, performances, and arrangements, and a true passion for making heavy music. Tastefully strewn throughout the record are analog and digital keyboards, cello, and various samples and sound effects, giving a texture to the songs that grows more rewarding with each listen.
Songs such as “The Innsmouth Look” and “Head Full of Rats,” with their forward-rushing, unrelenting progressive metal, sit next to atmospheric pieces such as “Mazuku” and “Mysterioid,” in a mix part progressive doom metal, part cosmic horror, and part autobiography. And then there is the epic 18 minute title cut “Passion Rift,” a journey through a landscape at times peaceful, tense, melancholic, aggressive, and nightmarish. This is music that communicates something important, and it does so without lyrics or vocals.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Mysterioid | 2:46 |
| 2. | The Innsmouth Look | 3:40 |
| 3. | Salt Creep | 4:54 |
| 4. | Passion Rift | 18:16 |
| 5. | Insidious | 4:38 |
| 6. | Head Full Of Rats | 1:38 |
| 7. | Mazuku | 3:30 |
| 8. | Custody | 11:00 |
Credits
Josh Hart : 6 and 12 string guitars, synthesizers, mellotron, theremin
Doug Williams : bass guitars, taurus pedals, electric cello
Chad Rush : drums
Produced by John Brenner and Josh Hart
Engineered by Mike Potter at Orion Studios - Baltimore, Md
Additional home recording by John Brenner and Josh Hart
Mastered by James Plotkin
