Dear

Metal · 2017 · 13 tracks · 1h 33m

Dear

Monolithic slabs of fuzz and feedback serve as a heavy-hearted farewell. A physical, 70-minute immersion into the beautiful, crushing weight of doom and drone.

July 12, 2017 · Sargent House

Dear is a monument of sound. It was born from a period where the band considered retiring, and that sense of finality permeates every vibration. It does not just play; it occupies the room. The guitars are tuned so low they feel like tectonic shifts, yet there is a strange, melodic grace hidden within the distortion. It is the sound of a band looking back at twenty-five years of noise and distilling it into its purest, heaviest essence.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 1h 33m

01

D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise-

6:06

02

DEADSONG -詩-

6:43

03

Absolutego -絶対自我-

4:56

04

Beyond -かのひと-

6:39

05

Kagero -蜉蝣-

5:34

06

Biotope -ビオトープ-

5:32

07

The Power

7:41

08

Memento Mori

4:48

09

Dystopia -Vanishing Point / 何処へ-

11:51

10

Dear

9:23

11

More

7:17

12

Evil Perspective -イビルパースペクティヴ-

7:00

13

D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise- (full version)

9:41

Moments Worth Listening For

The opening chord of D.O.W.N which sustains for an impossibly long time, setting a physical baseline for the record.

The transition in Beyond where the crushing sludge suddenly gives way to a shimmering, melodic shoegaze coda.

The way the percussion on the 2017 version of Absolutego feels like a slow-motion wrecking ball hitting a concrete wall.

Where This Album Departs

How does Dear sound next to the rest of Boris's catalogue?

Existential+1.6σ

The writing leans notably further into existential than the rest of the catalogue.

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