Sodom & Gomorrah is an EP constructed similarly to my Interiors/Exteriors EP in that both consist of two long tracks, each S&G half being around 15 minutes of swirling drones, circling tribal drums, moaning guitars, etc. Semi-apocalyptic rambling movements that flow into one another and attempt to evoke images of the notorious biblical landscapes sprawling with sin-filled streets, such as scenes of violence, prostitution, or false idolatry. Each track represents one of the twin sin cities and loosely imagines the wanton depravity that is always associated with those landscapes, the consequent mass destruction of the cities by a jealous god, and the resulting aftermath of rebirth, new life and possibility in the wake of total societal collapse. Perhaps I am not successful in evoking such imagery with my material but that's the concept in any case. I imagine that my vision of Sodom and Gomorrah, the places, are more so used as broad representations of the malleability of society taken en masse, herds with a collective subconscious that, in generalized terms, often daydream of or occasionally veer toward chaos, persuasion, reckless abandon and violence rather than stability and structure. Mass societal bodies tend to be over-generalized but there is a truth in the way that populations will often conform to the norms and conventions that develop for whatever reason, and conformity to these conventions can frequently be embraced without question, conventions no matter how outlandish will be conventions if accepted by the majority. But that isn't to say that societies are always full of blind followers that are easily manipulated. However, the way the concept relates to the wayward cultural breakdown of biblical Sodom and Gomorrah is part of what inspired this project.
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SODOM & GOMORRAH (EP)
Track List:
01. Sodom
02. Gomorrah
