Altered Zones

Two heavyweight champions of nocturnal psychedelia, Sun Araw and Eternal Tapestry, are poised to drop one of the heaviest and most exciting collaborative projects of the year. Night Gallery, named after Rod Sterling's campy early '70s NBC show, is the result of one, cohesive, 45-minute jam, recorded in-studio for UT-Austin's KVRX during last year's South By Southwest. Don't let the improvisational nature of the performance startle you, however; the two never noodle or bore. Instead, they play off the other's strengths in a focused show of dusty, monolithic, mystical desert drone. Put some peyote in your pipe and dig on the ominous and cinematic "III" below. Night Gallery is out July 19 courtesy of the mighty Thrill Jockey. --Kenny Bloggins, The Decibel Tolls

MP3: Sun Araw + Eternal Tapestry: "III"

Night Gallery drops on Thrill Jockey July 19th

The members that make up Eternal Tapestry have always played like a who's who of the psychedelic underground, with current and former members of Jackie-O Motherfucker, Heavy Winged, Edibles, Gärden Sound, and quite a few others. Now the band has swelled to a five-piece and their scorched, cosmic psych has never sounded more complete. The entire album was recorded live to tape and whittled down to the core 45 minutes of snaking, fevered guitar anchored by the metronomic war cry of Jed Bindeman's drums. "Galactic Derelect" is the first taste from the album and its sinister creep is only buoyed by the video, lying somewhere between the fabulous cultural wastelands of Robert Wise and Ed Wood. (Raven Sings The Blues co-premiere)

MP3: Eternal Tapestry: "Galactic Derelict"

Eternal Tapestry's Beyond the 4th Door is out 3/15 on Thrill Jockey