Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

[annaham]

I recently posted a primer for this band on my public blog, so I figured I'd rec them here (because they are pretty great!).

From their official website:

Though oft saddled with the "alt-country" tag, of late Sykes and Co. are moving into some heavier, darker territories. In fact "The Sinking Belle", Sykes' contribution to the Sunn0))) / Boris collaboration, Altar, has already become an underground classic among followers of the unlikely art-metal movement centered around the Southern Lord label. The band has toured with Earth, a group commonly acknowledged as one of the major progenitors of heavy-doom (and another member of the Southern Lord roster) and psych-rock maestros Black Mountain.

From a 2008 interview with Jesse in the Boston Phoenix:

“When I’m performing, it’s pretty poignant for me, man. I’ve spent so much time being afraid of death that while I’m performing I can actually go and walk hand in hand with death on one side and life on the other and feel very at peace with both. It’s a place of pure love when you find that spot. It doesn’t happen every night. I pray the right person is there on those nights and they walk out of that room with something that I’ve put inside of them.”

Onto the music (lyrics can be found at this page):

Reckless Burning (from the 2002 album of the same name):

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