When The Sun Goes Down, It Goes Down Forever

American epic gothic rock/post-punks Murderbait issue their haunting sophomore EP 'When the Sun Goes Down it Goes Down Forever' for the first time ever on vinyl via Sentient Ruin. Initially self-released on cassette tape and digitally by the band itself in 2019, with it's majestic songwriting and heart-splitting dramaticism the mesmerizing two-track short player established the Portland, Oregon-based atmospheric gothic rockers as a cornerstone example of epic and dark western gothic excellence and as a beacon of superb and dramatic storytelling lost in a night of endless gloom and unravelling romanticism. Through it's two epic spells of haunting psychedelic goth majesty, 'When the Sun Goes Down it Goes Down Forever' unfolds nearly twenty minutes of dark western lore and dusty somber storytelling soaked in gloom and shadows, uncovering dark recollections of personal turmoil and decay, inner downfall, purgatory, redemption and rebirth through the trial of struggle and penitence. The two tracks display an unrivaled and unseen evocative power, channeled by a dramatic and operatic vocal delivery as centerpiece to a cinematic construct of epic progressive buildups and dark psychedelic dirges woven with keyboards, organs, electric guitars, synths and a monumental pulsing rhythm section. With influences sourced from a diverse pletora of legendary acts like Nick Cave (a song of which inspired the band's name), Swans, Fields of the Nephilim, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, The Cure (especially P

Tracks

1~1~When The Sun Goes Down, It Goes Down Forever
1~2~Unravelling

Details

Format: Vinyl 10"
Artist: Murderbait
Release Date: 29 October 2021
Genre: Rock
Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Distributor: Rocket Group