The latest track serves as the opening entry for their February 5th EP set to release on their new-formed Red Creek record label.
The excitement involved with the upcoming EP release for Cult of Luna has hit a fever-pitch. Just recently the band announced the formation of their own record label after more than two decades of existence. The first release on the Red Creek schedule is the February 5th EP from the band entitled The Raging River.
Today the band shared the opening track from the EP and in true Cult of Luna form, the single is both massive and menacing. “Three Bridges” creates an ominous landscape that treats post metal with a cinematic reverence. These are less songs and more dark scores, movements that create a sense of murk and mayhem that few outfits can achieve.
The band shared their thoughts on the upcoming release and the significance of the EP. “The Raging River feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019’s A Dawn to Fear.”
The band continued, “It’s been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. But not only has it been a linear journey; some aspects of it are also clearly circular.”
The band detailed the importance of connecting with Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) for the EP. “For example, we have been a fan of Mark Lanegan for many years. So in 2005, when we wrote the song ‘And With Her Came the Birds,’ we had his voice in mind, and the working title was ‘The Lanegan Song.’ But we were not many years over 20, and our lack of self-confidence prevented us from even daring to ask. It took fifteen years for us to get the guts to ask him. Hearing his voice on ‘Inside of a Dream’ is nothing more than feeling that we’re inside of a dream.”
Clearly achieving a new creative pinnacle, Cult of Luna are reiterating why they continue to be such engaging force in the genre and why fans can’t wait for February.
Pre-orders for The Raging River from Cult of Luna are available – HERE
Stream ‘Three Bridges” from The Raging River EP below.
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