The Well - Raven | Official Music Video | RidingEasy Records

Watch the official music video for The Well's heavy psych track "Raven" from their album Death and Consolation

Directed, shot and edited by William Orendorff

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Death and Consolation is without a doubt a weighty album title. And, Austin, TX trio The Well is among the heaviest heavy psych bands in existence. So when we say that there’s even more darkness and intensity to the band’s third album than previous efforts, take heed. It’s a deep sea diving bell of enveloping heaviness and longing.

“This one is a little more personal,” says guitarist/vocalist Ian Graham. “2018 was a strange, dark year. A lot of change going on in my life, there was a lot of depression and coming out of it over the last year. I wanted to call this Death and Consolation, because in life that’s a constant.”

While The Well continue to walk an intriguing line between authentic early 70s doom/heavy psych and frayed weirdness of dark folk — especially with their haunting unison male/female vocals — the new album also adds the stark vibe of post-punk acts like Joy Division and early The Cure. “I feel like this album is almost more gothic. We’re big fans of post-punk,” Graham says. There’s also much less jamming, the songs are tight and concise. And, did we mention, heavy? The band tuned down a full step to C-standard tuning for this album, which gives the proceedings its monstrous sound.

Sonically, Death and Consolation picks up where The Well — Graham, bassist/vocalist Lisa Alley and drummer Jason Sullivan — left off with their widely heralded 2016 RidingEasy album Pagan Science. The band once again recorded with longtime producer/engineer Chico Jones at Estuary Studio in 2018, who has turned the knobs for all three of their albums (Jones engineered the band’s debut album Samsara with producer Mark Deutrom [Melvins, Sunn0)))] in 2013.) Samsara, released late September 2014 was ranked the #1 debut album of 2014 by The Obelisk and Pagan Science among the Best of 2016 from the Doom Charts collective. Likewise, the band’s intense — some even say “possessed” — live performances have earned them featured slots at Austin’s Levitation Fest, as well as tours with Kadavar, All Them Witches, Black Tusk and more.

“This album might be a little less produced, because I didn’t want to push technical stuff as much,” Graham says. “I’m so scared of getting too complicated when getting better at guitar. This is still kind of punk rock.”

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[krivedkofhtagn]

I'm back in Black Black Seventies. Cool!

[jevinday]

i've been in love with Rickenbacker guitars and basses lately and i see them ALL THE TIME now. so beautiful.

[kid]

Norman Reedus brought me here! I am happy about that!

[theheavychronicles]

Now that's what I call rock'n'fuckin'roll.

[OtherGameVideo]

The Well is one of those bands that managed step out with their own sound and charisma. Especially in this more becoming repetetive genre. THEY RULE AND ROCK

[richardpalmer]

Love this. Come to UK Desertfest next year. Perfect band for it.

[zeppearl]

Love it !!! Great gig in Chicago thanks for coming back !! - V

[henrygriffen]

In memory of the great EDGAR ALLEN POE

[shainemaine]

Does anybody have a guess at the lyrics? Idk why bands don't release lyrics for some stuff. I honestly hate how he's speaking clear, plain English yet there's just parts I could hear a thousand times and never be able to tell you what's being said... music has always been like this to me. Apparently I'm alone because nobody knows what I mean when I bring it up, and others don't seem to have this issue. I could see if it was screamo metal or something but it's clean. And I'm even watching him sing it but there's still parts I just do not understand. The second line after "black raven, black skies" I know it's "I watch you, and I..." what? Hid an eye? Again I could hear this a thousand times and never even get close probably. And once ai know what it is, I'm like "oh duh"

[Millorene]

I actually really really like the idea of female vox echoing in the back of male's. I wouldn't mind more stuff like this. For me personally just straight female vocals, when it's not somehow sonically diluted into the overall flow (i.e. via effects), doesn't really fit the genre with very few exceptions

[RoflLol]

I really enjoy this band, but I feel like their previous record was 'much' better. Still good, though!