Listen To “Transmuting” LP On Spin
Transmuting, the debut LP from Heaven’s Gate, is a candy-coated muscle relaxer scheduled to hit your eardrums on September 24, 2013. There are echoes of artists like The Raincoats, My Bloody Valentine and Danzig, however, Jess Paps (vocals), Michael Sheffiled (guitar), Alex Cvetovich (bass), Jack Wolf (guitar) and Patrick Stankard (drums) have crafted a frightening new energy on their first full-length. Recorded at a house in Englewood, NJ with Scott Andrews, there are an abundance of layers featured on every song. And the record is deeply personal; you get a sense of the warmth of the house it was recorded in against a backdrop of an isolated winter. There is a feeling that there is no escaping the season and the album embodies this eerie spatiality. Transmuting is about the process of tearing out of symbiosis and moving forward from loss. Raucous punk, polyrhythmic percussion, rich melodies and a wash of buzzsaw guitars decorate each track. The songs deal with fading memories, reoccurring nightmares, facing demons and exorcism of the self. Piercing and meditative, dissonant and familiar, sparse yet mired, human yet digital; Transmutingserves as the long awaited bridge between the group’s birth and their self-actualization.
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