Sire Languish is the new solo project of NYC guitarist/vocalist Garett Bussanick. Known throughout the avant-metal scene for his exploratory guitar work and emotive death metal vocals, Bussanick is most widely known for his band Aeviterne, whose latest release on Profound Lore Records was described by Stereogum as “ominous and malevolent... also hooky as hell.”
Followers of Bussanick's work will instantly recognize his fingerprints all over Sire Languish. Broadly speaking, the core musical elements of Sire Languish are similar to those of Aeviterne and Aeviterne's predecessor, Flourishing: brooding atmosphere, propulsive beats, the juxtaposition of dissonant and melodic guitars, and impassioned roars. A line can even be drawn to an early, key band of his: Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia, an industrial-tinged death-grind unit he joined in the mid-90s.
Sire Languish is sure to thrill any fan of Bussanick's other music, and is a chance to hear the man behind the drum kit for the first time. Beyond that, Pull to God stands as a stellar slab of avant-metal for any newcomers to feast their ears upon. Like everything Bussanick has delivered thus far in his 30-plus years of making music, it is the sound of an artist refining and deepening his commitment to his work.
Stream the EP and buy it, here: https://sirelanguish.bandcamp.com/album/pull-to-god
"Sometimes a solo project lands sounding exactly like the person who made it—every contour, every impulse, every shadow unmistakably theirs. Sire Languish, the new project from avant-metal lifer Garett Bussanick, is one of those rare cases... If you’re familiar with Bussanick’s body of work—Aeviterne’s eruptive dissonance, Flourishing’s cerebral churn, even the long-buried mutations of Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia—you’ll recognize the DNA. But Sire Languish is its own creature. The architecture is leaner, the melodic angles sharper, the rhythmic pulse more direct. The rep nailed it: imagine a convergence of Immolation’s tectonic lurch and Killing Joke’s apocalyptic propulsion, rendered with the nervous-system precision Bussanick’s become known for."
–Decibel
"A familiar name in the avant-metal world, Bussanick has spent decades shaping his voice across a number of forward-thinking bands since the nineties. He’s best recognized recently for his work in Aeviterne, where his adventurous guitar style and powerful, emotionally charged growls have become defining traits. Sire Languish pushes those instincts into new territory... like a meeting point between black metal’s bleakest side and the pulse of experimental industrial music."
–Destroy//Exist
"A caustic, rather horrifying EP, full of dissonant dread and tortured, charismatic death yowl-growls... Pull to God is also heavily influenced by Killing Joke and other post punk and industrial sounds, helping to give it that feeling of urban decay... A thoroughly engrossing debut."
–Last Rites
"Ominous and venomous... Sire Languish creates a more than compelling debut EP which is at first identifiably an “industrial metal”-adjacent deal yet convinces of much broader intent via its total spread."
–Mystification
Stream the EP and buy it, here: https://sirelanguish.bandcamp.com/album/pull-to-god
"Sometimes a solo project lands sounding exactly like the person who made it—every contour, every impulse, every shadow unmistakably theirs. Sire Languish, the new project from avant-metal lifer Garett Bussanick, is one of those rare cases... If you’re familiar with Bussanick’s body of work—Aeviterne’s eruptive dissonance, Flourishing’s cerebral churn, even the long-buried mutations of Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia—you’ll recognize the DNA. But Sire Languish is its own creature. The architecture is leaner, the melodic angles sharper, the rhythmic pulse more direct. The rep nailed it: imagine a convergence of Immolation’s tectonic lurch and Killing Joke’s apocalyptic propulsion, rendered with the nervous-system precision Bussanick’s become known for."
–Decibel
"A familiar name in the avant-metal world, Bussanick has spent decades shaping his voice across a number of forward-thinking bands since the nineties. He’s best recognized recently for his work in Aeviterne, where his adventurous guitar style and powerful, emotionally charged growls have become defining traits. Sire Languish pushes those instincts into new territory... like a meeting point between black metal’s bleakest side and the pulse of experimental industrial music."
–Destroy//Exist
"A caustic, rather horrifying EP, full of dissonant dread and tortured, charismatic death yowl-growls... Pull to God is also heavily influenced by Killing Joke and other post punk and industrial sounds, helping to give it that feeling of urban decay... A thoroughly engrossing debut."
–Last Rites
"Ominous and venomous... Sire Languish creates a more than compelling debut EP which is at first identifiably an “industrial metal”-adjacent deal yet convinces of much broader intent via its total spread."
–Mystification
