A Pregnant Light - You Cannot Pour From An Empty Vessel
High resolution MP3s for download. Cassette edition out of print.
”The latest APL release hit me right when I needed it most, on a shitty day when pedestrian metal wasn’t cutting it. I hadn’t slept much at all; life was hovering somewhere between “pain” and “more pain”; this was the kick to the head I needed to snap back. A Pregnant Light tends to have that effect. Where the last album dabbled in thrash and mid-tempo anthemics, this one’s raw in a different way, focusing on longer track lengths and a slightly different effect overall. We get brutally long verses that build in intensity through repetition and relentless vocal sparring. The climax, when it comes, is an irruption [NOTE TO THE EDITOR: don’t let spell check switch that to eruption; I mean irruption as in an inward-facing explosion. Ian: K. *plays backwards EVH solo furiously*] of dueling leads — an explosion of hooks aimed inward, straight to the heart. Just like the cupid and ouroboros adorning the album art, wrapped in ribbon, spangled in hearts. “Transfigure Me” does just that.” - Stereogum
1. Sunflower
2. Nebulous Smear
3. Transfigure Me
4. With Excruciating Finesse
5. Spear Through My Head
High resolution MP3s for download. Cassette edition out of print.
”The latest APL release hit me right when I needed it most, on a shitty day when pedestrian metal wasn’t cutting it. I hadn’t slept much at all; life was hovering somewhere between “pain” and “more pain”; this was the kick to the head I needed to snap back. A Pregnant Light tends to have that effect. Where the last album dabbled in thrash and mid-tempo anthemics, this one’s raw in a different way, focusing on longer track lengths and a slightly different effect overall. We get brutally long verses that build in intensity through repetition and relentless vocal sparring. The climax, when it comes, is an irruption [NOTE TO THE EDITOR: don’t let spell check switch that to eruption; I mean irruption as in an inward-facing explosion. Ian: K. *plays backwards EVH solo furiously*] of dueling leads — an explosion of hooks aimed inward, straight to the heart. Just like the cupid and ouroboros adorning the album art, wrapped in ribbon, spangled in hearts. “Transfigure Me” does just that.” - Stereogum
1. Sunflower
2. Nebulous Smear
3. Transfigure Me
4. With Excruciating Finesse
5. Spear Through My Head
High resolution MP3s for download. Cassette edition out of print.
”The latest APL release hit me right when I needed it most, on a shitty day when pedestrian metal wasn’t cutting it. I hadn’t slept much at all; life was hovering somewhere between “pain” and “more pain”; this was the kick to the head I needed to snap back. A Pregnant Light tends to have that effect. Where the last album dabbled in thrash and mid-tempo anthemics, this one’s raw in a different way, focusing on longer track lengths and a slightly different effect overall. We get brutally long verses that build in intensity through repetition and relentless vocal sparring. The climax, when it comes, is an irruption [NOTE TO THE EDITOR: don’t let spell check switch that to eruption; I mean irruption as in an inward-facing explosion. Ian: K. *plays backwards EVH solo furiously*] of dueling leads — an explosion of hooks aimed inward, straight to the heart. Just like the cupid and ouroboros adorning the album art, wrapped in ribbon, spangled in hearts. “Transfigure Me” does just that.” - Stereogum
1. Sunflower
2. Nebulous Smear
3. Transfigure Me
4. With Excruciating Finesse
5. Spear Through My Head