Supersilent Turns “8”
This one completely slipped under my radar: Norwegian avant-jazz collective Supersilent have released their first studio album in five years, entitled—not surprisingly—8.
I picked up their last LP—2003’s 6—after reading a very favorable review in Pitchfork. It was a challenging work, to say the least, but I ended up surprised and intrigued by the group’s beautiful (if demanding) improvisational nature.
8 is available from Rune Grammofon. Unfortunately, the only sound clips I can find are some short ones courtesy of MusicOnline and BoomKat—but somehow, I doubt you can get a good feel for Supersilent’s music in just 30 seconds or so.
Comments
aaron
September 27, 2007 10:35amI think at this point, expecting to “get” a Supersilent in 30 second clips or even on the first couple listens of the actual thing is a pretty big task. This new one is absolutely massive in places, and certainly unforgiving and seemingly monolithic at times.
That said, I’ve gone back to it a couple times in the past couple days and found myself cranking it in several places. There are a couple tracks that are like Supersilent playing doom metal if you can imagine it. That’s a compliment, actually. In places, it’s comparable to their past work (especially their live DVD Supersilent 7), but perhaps a bit more intense.
Jason
September 27, 2007 7:12pmMmm… can’t wait to hear it!