Essam: Transparent Petrol Vinyl LP Methods Of Mayhem saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings

saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings with Oren Marshall on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford on drums

Suicide Silence

increasingly addictive and filled with gorgeous

unconventional

a work Christie Simpson describes as “a gallery wall displaying these different moments in each of our lives

Essam: Transparent Petrol Vinyl LP Methods Of Mayhem saxophonist and composer Shabaka HutchingsEssam is the bands fourth album, recorded with the same core lineup, but marks a significant shift in their sound and approach. Musically, it marks a departure from the rocky,bluesy, psychedelic Tuareg guitar driven sound influenced by Tinariwens heritagemoving toward something more open, modern, and exploratory. For the first time, their long time sound engineer Maxime Kosinetz stepped in as producer. He travelled to Tamanrasset with Emile Papandreou