Boris

[seasonsinthesky]

New Album v2 just came out, and seems to use the vinyl mix of the Japanese New Album, but with a new mix of "Luna" (from their split with Torche) in place of the alternate mix of "Black Original." glad they went with these mixes — "Flare" feels utterly incomplete without the intro!

also, Conspiracy Records are selling copies of The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 & 3 on orange vinyl (for a pricey €30! plus shipping from Belgium!). you can check them out on discogs.com; their regular store isn't selling them.

[jrdsctt]

I had no idea who Boris was until I saw them open for NIN during the Lights in the Sky tour. It seemed like most people in the crowd hated them, but I thought they put on a brillant show. So much power and energy, I loved it.

[thefragile_jake]

New tour and new album "Präparat" scheduled this year.


Boris have added extra single-night headlining dates surrounding their special series of US residency shows in several major markets beginning in late April in addition to Austin Psych Fest on the 27th of that month. The residency tour, billed as “from the past, the present and through to the future” features Boris playing 2 consecutive nights in each city. For the first night, the band will perform its all-time classics along with many new songs never before played in the US. The second night’s set features most of Boris’ cult classic album Flood along with a noise/drone/experimental set. These additional one-off dates will combine all-time classics with part of Flood and other songs’ US debut. Throughout the tour, Boris will once again perform in their classic trio lineup without any support musicians. The first round of support bands include Marriages , Young Widows, Pallbearer and Deafheaver on select shows updated below - more supports to be announced soon.

BORIS US TOUR 2013
04/23 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah %
04/24 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom %
04/26 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
04/27 Austin, TX @ Carson Creek - Austin Psych Fest
04/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade !!
04/30 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle !!
05/01 Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel * !!
05/02 Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *
05/03 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts !!
05/04 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall * !!
05/05 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
05/06 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge * !!
05/07 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
05/09 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop !!
05/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall * !!
05/11 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall * &
05/12 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird &
05/13 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater &
05/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird &
05/18 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
05/19 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile * w/drcarlsonbion
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * w/ Bosse-de-Nage
05/22 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * ^^
05/23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex * ^^
05/24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex * ^^
* residency shows

% w/ Marriages
!! w/ Young Widows
& w/ Pallbearer
^^ w/ Deafheaven

[seasonsinthesky]

Präparat, plus a VEIN reissue on CD (with the same design!), and a CD box set for The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked that includes an entirely new recording with Michio Kurihara. already a great year of money to Boris...

[Sutekh]

Boris opened for NIN?!

Yep they are very good, pink & heavy rocks are the best imo. "Farewell" is really nice

[richardp]

Boris opened for NIN?!

Yep they are very good, pink & heavy rocks are the best imo. "Farewell" is really nice

Indeed. It was AWESOME. Very Pink heavy set, and they closed with the untitled 20 minute drone from Smile. Punishingly loud. Dare I say even louder than NIN were.

[ViN]

That Grog Shop date is tempting especially because I work for a concert venue in Cleveland now and have the connect to get into Grog for free (did that for GZA's Liquid Swords show last year). I'll probably go.

[october_midnight]

May have to make the drive down to Seattle if I can, missed them the last time they were anywhere relatively close. Wish they were playing with Deafheaven...

[blackholesun]

So going to the second night in San Francisco. Flood is my favorite Boris album and one of my favorite albums, period. Excited to see Deafheaven as well. Their new one is highly anticipated. o_m, apparently they are going to announce a full US tour pretty soon.

[october_midnight]

(sorry to derail)
blackholesun Yeah I'm hella pumped for Sunbather. I'm actually FB friends with George and was talking to him a few hours ago lol. It's all done, 7 tracks and just over 60 minutes long haha...Dream House (only new song released so far) is track 1 and he refuses to send me any other tracks lol. Seen them twice and it's always a great show. Fuck, would love to see them with Boris...that'd be a killer show!

(end of thread derail, sorry again)

[thefragile_jake]

Präparat leaked. Every time I think Boris can't get any weirder, they release another album.

Some songs have cool stuff going on but others sound like I walked into their rehearsal area and I'm just listening to them fuckin around....but either way, it's alright.

[seasonsinthesky]

agreed about the weird variety. however, "Elegy" is one of their best songs ever. worth it just for that!

i didn't buy it, though, and i'm glad i didn't.

[thefragile_jake]

Yeah me too. I don't mind them doing different things, they're an incredibly progressive band and I applaud them for that instead of just always wanting to redo Worship or Pink or something...but at the same time, it doesn't always mean I'm 100% into what they do with each release. Boris is one of my favorite bands but besides the cool rareness factor of owning it on vinyl, I may have felt a little let down if I bought it as well.

[seasonsinthesky]

well, this thing has been dead forever, but since this band never stops kicking and there's no forum community (why not?):
- The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Chronicle was released, finally putting three amazing drone albums on CD in addition to a brand new one that combines the drone of old with some of the catchier metal of Heavy Rocks (2)
- VEIN was finally released on CD as well, but totally re-mixed and resequenced, with a few new bits and some left exclusive to the confusing vinyl release in 2006
- Archive was released properly, in addition to Archive II, which is beyond amazing (the Pink Days disc has this incredible performance of "a bao a qu" into "The Evilone Which Sobs" into "Akuma no Uta" and the world's best version of "Evil Stack/Blackout!)
- aaaand of course, the new album Noise, which is somehow the same across every version save the bonus materials and cover art. of particular note is "Angel," surely one of the finest epics the band has ever written!

overall i've just been having a Boris and Sunn O)))-heavy couple of weeks, so now i need to find somewhere to talk about things :confused:

[armogi]

funny, been on a boris kick too this past week, i even purchased dronevil, I wish I could play both at once now :)

[thefragile_jake]

Wow, this thing has been dead for awhile. That show that I saw of theirs in 2013 where they played all of Flood was one of the best shows I witnessed that year. I really dug the experimental side of Präparat upon further listen so maybe that's why Noise was just so lackluster to me. I couldn't get into that album at all and I felt they almost played it too safe and released some of their most stale work to date. No matter how many times I listened to it, I kept forcing myself to finish it...which is something you never should have to do with music.

As I mentioned two years ago above, Boris is one of those bands I don't find myself ever giving up on. They seem to like to do what they want and I applaud that, even if I don't dig their current direction.

[seasonsinthesky]

i like Präparat a lot more now; it's definitely a grower (besides "Elegy," which is one of their best works ever imo), not only because of the intense indie and post-rock influence absent in a lot of their work but also because of the randomness; there are a lot of fragments and incomplete ideas that all run together. it reminds me of Rainbow, though the psychedelia influence is dialled way back without Michio Kurihara directly on board.

meanwhile, Noise is varied too (and bears the post-rock influence in "Angel"), but everything is a complete thought, and it's very focused on the 'heavy rock' and J-pop flavours of Heavy Rocks (2)/New Album.

as always, it seems, it comes down to which Boris(es) you want to hear.

[BRoswell]

http://www.avclub.com/article/best-rock-bands-00s-arcade-fire-zwan-217176


Boris deserves a mention for guitarist Wata’s chops alone, because holy shit can she shred. Any track on the band’s breakout 2006 album Pink, the record that briefly turned a legion of cardigan-clad Shins fans into headbangers, proves this. Atsuo’s manic drumming, which he somehow manages to accomplish while singing and, during the band’s always-invigorating live shows, yelling “YEAH! C’MON!” every 30 seconds, is also quite impressive. And let’s not forget Takeshi’s double-necked bass/guitar combo. Boris’ technical ability is rendered even more impressive by its refusal to be pigeonholed into any one genre; from album to album, Boris can play metal, drone, psychedelic, ambient, doom, shoegaze, and even pop music. It’s a musician’s band in the way that some comedians are comic’s comics, honing skills through extensive touring and releasing a flurry of albums—most of them okay, some pretty good, and a few of them transcendent—every year from the mid-’90s through today.

[seasonsinthesky]

Official announcement (http://relapse.com/boris-merzbow/) made for Gensho, the drumless collab with Merzbow presented as another "play two albums at once" release. Very happy it's getting immediate US distro!

Official live video of "Huge" from the live show they just did. The audio from it will be on the Daymare 4CD release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAPZWg59cpE

I love that you can buy each half as a double LP, with the halves including 1 Boris and 1 Merzbow record. So it's not split according to artist contribution, but presented as a joint work.
http://relapse.com/boris-merzbow/_assets/img/boris_deluxe_750.jpg

[wizfan]

another "play two albums at once" release.

What was the first one?

[seasonsinthesky]

What was the first one?

Dronevil. That one was all Boris, though.

[seasonsinthesky]

So the teaser video, the first one released last year, showed Boris with Merzbow playing the last riff in "Flood" together – yet the Gensho tracklist doesn't list the song, on the album proper or the bonus live album (from which the "Huge" video is sourced). So, did they tack it onto one of the other songs? Or is it titled "Resonance?"

[seasonsinthesky]

Sargent House are reissuing PINK with a bonus disc of unreleased session material, on 2xCD and 3xLP! Sadly, it appears the long versions of the songs will remain vinyl exclusive (beyond "Farewell" as it appears on Variations). They had posted a photo on Twitter a couple months ago of the Pro Tools session of "Farewell" so it was probably from the process of making this.

P'fork are hosting a stream of new song "Are You Ready?"
http://pitchfork.com/news/65328-boris-reissue-pink-with-bonus-album-share-are-you-ready-listen/

Forbidden Songs
01 Your Name Part 2
02 Heavy Rock Industry
03 Sofun
04 Non/Sha/Lant
05 Room Noise
06 Talisman
07 N.F.Sorrow
08 Are You Ready?
09 Tiptoe

[botley]

They're also playing the entire Pink LP on the upcoming North American summer tour (http://exclaim.ca/music/article/boris_announce_pink_deluxe_edition_and_anniversary _tour). Should be pretty kickass!

[otnavuskire]

Sargent House are reissuing PINK with a bonus disc of unreleased session material, on 2xCD and 3xLP! Sadly, it appears the long versions of the songs will remain vinyl exclusive (beyond "Farewell" as it appears on Variations). They had posted a photo on Twitter a couple months ago of the Pro Tools session of "Farewell" so it was probably from the process of making this.

P'fork are hosting a stream of new song "Are You Ready?"
http://pitchfork.com/news/65328-boris-reissue-pink-with-bonus-album-share-are-you-ready-listen/

Forbidden Songs
01 Your Name Part 2
02 Heavy Rock Industry
03 Sofun
04 Non/Sha/Lant
05 Room Noise
06 Talisman
07 N.F.Sorrow
08 Are You Ready?
09 Tiptoe

I was gonna pre-order it through Sargent House's website, but the least expensive shipping is like $20! Forget that.

EDIT: I emailed them to ask if there was an issue with the system that was causing the shipping prices to be so high. They replied confirming that there is, and that once they fix it, shipping costs should be more reasonable. Yay!

[armogi]

And earth is opening, I am so going to this one. Just saw them this week too, two doses of boris in 2016, sweet!

[richardp]

This tour is fucking nuts. I'm so glad this is coming to Lawrence.

[bobbie solo]

that new song/demo or whatever from the Pink sessions they put on soundcloud is fucking awesome.

[seasonsinthesky]

It's up on their Bandcamp run by SH as well. They still typo "Just Abandoned Myself" but this time as "Abandon" (present tense – maybe that's intended?).

Also, interesting that "Your Name Part 2" opens the bonus disc – the first part is on Sound Track From Film 'Mabuta no Ura.'

[Jon]

It's up on their Bandcamp run by SH as well. They still typo "Just Abandoned Myself" but this time as "Abandon" (present tense – maybe that's intended?).

Also, interesting that "Your Name Part 2" opens the bonus disc – the first part is on Sound Track From Film 'Mabuta no Ura.'

There's more than 10 ways to represent "abandon" in kanji when it's used as a verb (since you include synonyms). Either would be appropriate, but "abandon" without the "ed" is more the literal translation.

I remember this being a thing from time to time with (old-school) Dir en Grey, as well.

[seasonsinthesky]

There's more than 10 ways to represent "abandon" in kanji when it's used as a verb (since you include synonyms). Either would be appropriate, but "abandon" without the "ed" is more the literal translation.

I remember this being a thing from time to time with (old-school) Dir en Grey, as well.

That's interesting. The way it's usually been represented up til now is "Just Abondoned My-Self," so any improvement is improvement.

Unfortunately, the recent Thing Which Solomon Overlooked boxset didn't fix the fucky translations for those songs. I want to know what in the hell "No Ones Grieve" is supposed to actually be.

[seasonsinthesky]

Official stream of Forbidden Songs (https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/sets/boris-pink-forbidden-songs) ahead of tomorrow's release date. Exciting!

[seasonsinthesky]

New album Dear is streaming in full at NPR (http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/534316417/first-listen-boris-dear) today. Very heavy and noisy!

Sargent House is doing the regular version stateside, so you can get it at their store on CD and double LP (including an awesome splatter 2xLP). Japan gets the same album but with a bonus disc, which is also getting a 3xLP pressing there – you can get them through Inoxia like always.

[thefragile_jake]

Boris just announced a St. Louis show for this fall (https://www.delmarhall.com/event/boris-091819/) ... I wouldn't be surprised if more dates starting popping up.

Plus, they're touring with UNIFORM too and they are incredible live.

[otnavuskire]

Boris just announced a St. Louis show for this fall (https://www.delmarhall.com/event/boris-091819/) ... I wouldn't be surprised if more dates starting popping up.

Plus, they're touring with UNIFORM too and they are incredible live.

Ugh, I would LOVE to see Boris play with Uniform. Of course the closest show to me is in Boston on a weeknight, which doesn't work unless I take time off from work.

[armogi]

and that's indeed a US tour + a new album in august, yeah!

[armogi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmK_EQWoorM

[BRoswell]

Would anyone happen to have a lossless rip of the No Cut Version of Floor Shaker? It's one of my favorite Boris tracks, but for the life of me, I can't find it anywhere except YouTube.

[Jon]

Would anyone happen to have a lossless rip of the No Cut Version of Floor Shaker? It's one of my favorite Boris tracks, but for the life of me, I can't find it anywhere except YouTube.

PM'ed you a lossy copy because a proper lossless rip is hard to find. The song should be split across 27 tracks; it is rather easy to find a combined version at 320 quality. There is a what.cd torrent floating around for V0 and FLAC CD rips, but they do not have seeds.

[BRoswell]

New album "NO" out next week. (https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/no)

[thefragile_jake]

New album "NO" out next week. (https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/no)

Holy shit is this new song good. Super aggressive vocals and fast paced ... hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

[ton]

I love this band and Wata is my favorite guitarist. I have the Pink reissue that was released on three vinyl records. I wish I could see them live someday. Gonna have to listen to that new song.

[eversonpoe]

I love this band and Wata is my favorite guitarist. I have the Pink reissue that was released on three vinyl records. I wish I could see them live someday. Gonna have to listen to that new song.

i saw them when young widows opened for them at lincoln hall. i hadn't really gotten into them (and still haven't, though i like everything i've heard...) but they were really fucking good live.

[BRoswell]

I remember when they opened for Da Nails during the Lights In The Sky tour. They played an extended version of the untitled track from Smile, and it totally blew my mind. Unfortunately, most of the audience was there to hear Head Like A Hole and that "fuck you like an animal" song, so I think they were bored silly by the performance.

[seasonsinthesky]

New song is easily top tier in their catalog. Straightup HR2002 vibes, then interrupted by a doom ass riff. So good.


I remember when they opened for Da Nails during the Lights In The Sky tour. They played an extended version of the untitled track from Smile, and it totally blew my mind. Unfortunately, most of the audience was there to hear Head Like A Hole and that "fuck you like an animal" song, so I think they were bored silly by the performance.

Yeah, they've released several live recordings from that tour with the super wild Untitled arrangement. I kinda prefer Smile Live at Wolf Creek over either version of the studio album for this, among other reasons (FLOOR SHAKER).

[ton]

Listening to their new album now. Just got a notification about it from Bandcamp. This is some heavy shit.

[richardp]

Wow the new Boris might be the heaviest album since PINK and I am fuckin' here for it. This shit slaps.

[rampface]

Love this album

[thefragile_jake]

Though I wish the production was slightly less clean at times, this is some crazy stuff. Punky as fuck and the best sounding attack mode stuff they've done since Pink. Don't sleep on this one.

[armogi]

well shit, just found out that Boris the band covered Boris the song and released it as a limited edition vinyl.
I am now debating spending $30 on a 1 song vinyl, i really want to hear this!!!

[seasonsinthesky]

^ Yep, classic move. Sadly doesn't even have a download like the recent Phenomenons Drive and Refrain pressings.

NO is fantastic. Really cool they took "Perforated Line" from Präparat and turned it into a new song.

[armogi]

No is now available on CD and Vinyl for those interested, straight from japan!

[wizfan]

Coming December 11...

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2247379779_16.jpg

https://borismerzbow.bandcamp.com/

[otnavuskire]

Boris released a cover of Wham!'s Last Christmas. It sounds exactly like you'd probably expect it to sound like.

https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/no-l

[seasonsinthesky]

And the followup to NO is coming out! It's called W. All recorded along with NO at the time. First single is up now on streaming.

They also dropped a super excellent live recording for Bandcamp Friday the other week. Setlist has Feedbacker, Untitled, AND Flood!

[ViN]

How is nobody talking about Heavy Rocks 3? Shit's awesome, also just got my ticket to see them again for a third time on next Thursday.

[seasonsinthesky]

And, as usual, they left an excellent b-side for a random compilation that's only on YouTube (URL is timestamped):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQhr_mIS1h0&t=867s

[thefragile_jake]

Yeah, new album rocks. Looking forward to seeing the new tour soon.