03. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan

[Ender]

The beginning of this track makes me think of William Basinski stuff.

[bleak.]

The beginning of this track makes me think of William Basinski stuff.

Yeah...I definitely get the Basinski inspiration. I also get a gy!be "vibe" from it too.

[mc10101]

That beautifully degraded string sample puts me in mind of 'The Beach at Redpoint'

[Waterbagel]

That beautifully degraded string sample puts me in mind of 'The Beach at Redpoint'

SAME! first thought I had when it started

[kyriakos]

THAT BASS !!! Those compressed synths. <33 Beach At Red Point vibes. Really love this one.

[ryetronics]

Even the handclap sounds unique. I freaking love this band so much.

[Waterbagel]

honestly this makes me think a bit of some Boreal Network, on a later listen!

[GeoDose]

Redpoint! THAT's what it reminded me of! That's awesome.

I'd like to quickly acknowledge & appreciate that Inferno has a few tracks that are reminiscent of their previous full-length albums. This track and few others remind me of Geo, 'Memory Death' and 'Deep Time' remind me of Tomorrow's Harvest, 'Introit' and 'I Saw Through Platonia' remind me of MHTRTC, and then 'The Word Becomes Flesh' and a couple of other tracks kinda resemble TCH production-wise.

And yet, it also all sounds so fresh & new! Brilliant album. I'm officially addicted.

[IanRedpoint]

When that opening synth starts up, I immediately thought of "Touched" from MBV's Loveless. I think it's the glide into each of the notes.

[egbdf]

Does anyone else hear some sort of chant in the distant background in the second half/last third? I can only pick it up on headphones , but I swear it’s there.

Yes, only just noticed it on my 5th+ listen on what happened to be a different sound set up because I was at a friend's

[Radiobuzz]

Maybe this is about how evil is intrinsic to our universe? The runtime is 4:44 and 4 in the bible represents the material universe (it's the day where supposedly God created the sun, moon and stars, and it ties to the four elements, the four cardinal points, the four seasons, etc), which also ties with hydrogen, helium and lithium being the first elements to appear with the Big Bang.

[WATER_CAN-_-]

https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol26/iss1/53/

[sowhereareyouliving?]

Hobbes' Leviathan is truly terrifying beast

[GeoDose]

Does anyone else hear some sort of chant in the distant background in the second half/last third? I can only pick it up on headphones , but I swear it’s there.

OMG, I hear that now! It starts around 3:05 and continues for quite awhile! It sounds cinematic, and rather creepy.

Props for spotting that! I can't believe I never noticed that...

Also, the 4:44 thing is interesting. I remembered that 4 is a 'bad luck' number in East Asian cultures.

"In many East Asian cultures, including China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, the number four is steeped in superstition. This fear of the number four, or tetraphobia, holds so much power that many buildings skip the fourth floor, much like how some Western buildings omit the 13th.

The root of this fear lies in linguistics. In Chinese, the word for the number four sounds eerily similar to the word for death. This phonetic resemblance isn't limited to just one culture. In Japan and Korea, the words for four and death are identical. In Japan, the number 49 is particularly dreaded as it sounds like the phrase "pain until death."

Source: https://people.howstuffworks.com/number-4-unlucky.htm

[AuHr]

Can't do it justice yet but this will be the 2nd song for me to single out and share my thoughts on. A standout track for me. It was the first song during the retail session where I put pencil to paper and tried to put the sounds into words. My first note was something like "the drums, no not drums, but the driving rolling rhythm sounds naturalistic, like it's based on a spoken phrase."

[turquoise70]

honestly this makes me think a bit of some Boreal Network, on a later listen!

Yo WHAT excuse me??

[TaoTapeTao]

The synths at the beginning are straight up OMINOUS

[Waterbagel]

honestly this makes me think a bit of some Boreal Network, on a later listen!

Yo WHAT excuse me??

Means Business cutting room floor material

[turquoise70]

Means Business cutting room floor material

I'm just gonna be over here doing an embarrassing jig of joy in the corner

[Waterbagel]

woooowwww i'm finally noticing that nice bit-crushy staticy sound that hits with the kicks

makes me think of You Should Feel the Sky for some reason

man this is the first full listen on the good new headphones (ended up getting the FiiO FT1s - don't know that they're all that, but they're the best i've ever had! )

oh and the bongos!!!