THE BEAST

Long revered multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist Josh Graham, the orchestrator behind the experimental ambient solo project IIVII, will release the heavily awaited double album, "Grinding Teeth / Zero Sleep," on March 20th with Consouling Sounds. Graham has revealed a new song and accompanying video, "Afterglow (Little Black and White Things)," that originally appeared first at RevolverMag.com. 
 
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "AFTERGLOW (LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE THINGS): 

"Afterglow (Little Black And White Things)" is found on "Grinding Teeth" half of the double album, which is inspired soundtrack to the true-life love story of Duane and Debra Johnson. 
Battling multiple health and mental illness issues, Debra Johnson asked her husband, Duane, to remove her from a medical facility so she could die at home. Over the next 5 days, they had an extended "death party;” smoking methamphetamine, listening to Quiet Riot and having sex. After Debra died in Duane’s arms, he wrapped her in linen and called the police. When they arrived on scene, Duane was standing naked near the front door, screaming that his wife was dead. The words "Death Parde God Hell" were spray-painted across the door. 
Touching on themes of love, death, drug use, sex and criminality, Grinding Teeth features guitars, drums, electric violin and cello, lap steel and electronic instrumentation. 
 
The album cover for "Grinding Teeth" uses "crystal meth” arranged in the form of Lucifer’s sigil. This imagery plays off of Duane’s spray painted door and works as a contrast to "Zero Sleep’s" cross, while also referencing the surreal darkness of this story. 
 
The new song follows the release of "Sun and Solace," which is found on the second half of the record, "Zero Teeth." Watch the video for it here:
"Zero Sleep" is an adapted score from Thomas D. Rotenberg's sci-fi short film, Don’t Forget to Remember. 
PRE-ORDER "GRINDING TEETH / ZERO SLEEP":
https://consouling.be/release/grinding-teeth-zero-sleep
UPCOMING SHOWS
 
March 20th, Dismuide, BE, at Muziekclub 4AD (RELEASE SHOW)
March 21st, London, UK, CHAOS THEORY at Electrowerkz
March 22nd, Plymouth, UK, at Hanging Gardens
March 24th Utrecht, NL, at dB's
March 25th Vendenheim, FR, at Médiathèque Tomi Ungerer
March 26th Lille, FR, at la malterie
March 28th Victoria, ES, at Cosmic Fest 2020
March 29th Biarritz, FR, at Pioche Projects
March 31st La Chaux des Fonds, CH, at Centre de Culture ABC
April 1st Torino, IT, at BLAH BLAH

CREDITS & TRACKLISTS:
GRINDING TEETH
1. Crystalline Beasts
2. Disappearing Self
3. Bell Ringer
4. Sing Your Death Song
5. Coda. Ascending Ardor
6. Wrapped in Linen
7. Afterglow (Little Black and White Things)
Interpretations of a meth-fueled death party. Songs for Duane Arden Johnson and Debra Lynn Johnson.
 
Mastered by James Plotkin
Mixed by Josh Graham
 
Composed by Josh Graham with Special guests.
 
Kim Thayil – Guitar on Disappearing Self
Sarah Pendleton – Violin on Crystalline Beasts and Afterglow
Jo Quail – Cello on Disappearing Self, Sing Your Death Song and Ascending Ardor
Dana Schechter – Lap steel guitar on Sing Your Death Song
Gregory Simons – Drums on Crystalline Beasts. Percussion on Bell Ringer and Afterglow. Keys on Afterglow.
Billy Graves – Drums on Sing Your Death Song
Shane Ocell – Drums on Afterglow
Benjamin Weinman – Guitar on Afterglow
ZERO SLEEP
1. All of Us Refugees
2. Mirrorlike
3. This Chrysalis
4. Sun and Solace
5. White Light
6. Beginning
7. Sleeping Dreaming
8. Coalescing Bodies
9. Bliss
Adaptations from the original score for Don’t Forget to Remember.
Directed by Thomas D. Rotenberg.
Mastered by James Plotkin
Mixed by Matt Labozza
Composed by Josh Graham
 
Vocals – Mathilde Smessaert
 
Strings
Orchestrated by Hannes Vanlancker
Recorded at Amann Studios, Vienna, Austria.
Engineered by Christoph Amann.
Produced by Alfredo Ovalles
Violin – Dalina Ugarte
Cello – Loukia Loulaki
Contrabass – Rubén Sánchez