Out today: OPENING BELL - Compound Eyes/Loma Atomal

Brooklyn label Sleeping Giant Glossolalia drops its 50th release today: the new EP by label boss Michael Reisinger's band, Opening Bell.

Listen and buy, here:
https://sleepinggiantglossolalia.bandcamp.com/album/opening-bell-compound-eyes-loma-atomal

Past releases in the Sleeping Giant Glossolalia catalog include music by Insect Ark, Growing, Couch Slut, Mick Barr, and Vaz. Reisinger is a central figure in the NYC scene, as musician, label owner, and prolific booker and promoter of live shows, bringing together sounds from across the spectrum of avant-heavy music.

Opening Bell's new EP is a gem: two tracks' worth of existential horror, recorded, mixed and mastered by Steve Austin of Today Is The Day at his rural Maine compound, Austin Enterprise. The sound is mournful and visceral, conjured through a combination of live instruments and electronics. The new EP's two songs carry the spirit of Today Is The Day's more introspective, heart-wrenching moments, as well as the post-industrialism of bands like OvO. Elements of psych, doom, and industrial meld into highly emotional music.

"Mind melting assault similar to artists like Nine Inch Nails... Depressing and downtrodden... Sonic landscapes defined by their mystical and twisted landscapes."
–Two Guys Metal Reviews

"Compound Eyes/Loma Atomal" is available digitally and on cassette as part of SGG's ongoing cassette series.

Upcoming shows include a slot on the "Into the Aether II" festival, alongside Krallice, Skullflower, and Gnaw.

Opening Bell, live:

Aug 5 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Glove w/ Nastie Band, Stern, Vat of Acid
Sept 25 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus w/ Bloater, River Cult
Oct 6 - Portland, ME @ Geno's - Into the Aether II Festival w/ Krallice, Skullflower, Gnaw

Photo by Cory Goldberg