Kayo Dot - Get Out of the Tower [Official Lyric Video]

"A recapitulation of The Knight Errant. The mote of dust, the brave hero, tries his steel against the Tower of experience and flees in terror. Mankind's champion does not exist, nor is there a messiah, and there is no one who will save humanity from itself."

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"Death, whether in stealth or striking upon its bell, stalks us from the womb onward. The life of the ascetic and the life of the voluptuary are one life, and will dissolve with the drunkard and the saint", writes Jason Byron, whose words are a primary force of the creation of the musical universe charted by KAYO DOT mastermind Toby Driver.

The stark frailty of the human condition is the overall theme running through the veins of KAYO DOT's 10th regular studio album "Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike". In the sprawling, churning musical multiverse of mainly multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver's creation that has never accepted nor cared for any artificial borders of genre and incorporated for example rock, metal, classical music, goth, indie, pop, and jazzy structures, this avant-garde album appears to tilt towards a more harsh as well as heavy approach than on some of the previous recordings – and considering its dark and melancholic undertones may be given the epithet doom.

The human experience of a finite life probably gave birth to the linear monotheist concept of a universe that is created and expiring. The pagan mind often has a deeper looking cyclic vision as exemplified in Nordic myth, in which the world inevitably perishing in the fires of Ragnarok will be born renewed on the next day. Something of the latter's appears to have infected "Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike". This album has been recorded with the original line-up of Toby Driver's previous band MAUDLIN OF THE WELL. He also recorded the new tracks in the same location as the very first MAUDLIN OF THE WELL tape. In a way, KAYO DOT are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the landmark double album "Bath/Leaving Your Body Map" and the 25 years since MAUDLIN OF THE WELL's inception with "Moss Covered the Swords and Plowshares Alike".

After the split of much loved MAUDLIN OF THE WELL, charismatic frontman Toby Driver formed the avant-garde music project KAYO DOT as a new outlet for his burgeoning creativity in 2003. The multi-instrumentalist and singer remains the only absolute constant in this band, although there are frequent lyrical contributions from his former band-mate Jason Byron throughout the extensive discography. In the following 18 years, KAYO DOT released an impressive number of full-lengths, EPs, splits, and live recordings that are all marked by considerable stylistic differences and a wide array of instrumentation that included guitars, bass, drums, vibraphone, violin, synthesizers, flutes, clarinets and saxophone.

With "Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike", KAYO DOT deliver another beautiful and essential facet of their complex musical multiverse, although the album can easily stand on its own as a most impressive piece of dark avant-garde metal.

"Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike" is available as 180g ash grey gatefold 2-vinyl, 180g black gatefold 2-vinyl, and on CD.

[CasioFlames]

I love the way the different voices (inst.) are referencing each other throughout this track; it makes the recapitulation at the end even more satisfying. And the layered bass parts and chorused guitars sort of remind me of Library Subterranean, but here they're in a head-bangable 4/4 instead of being out-of-phase with each other 😝

Might be the best track on the album for me.

[Stentron]

Back half of this track has me totally absorbed every time

[BirdsOfGlass]

Very cool. Glad to hear Greg's lead & your bass back at the forefront & of course Byron's lyrics are always incredible.

[TranslucentMeaning]

Wow, that vocal performance is wild. Well done.

[carlosluis]

Another mind altering journey by Kayo dot is upon us! ❤️

[sjograas]

The melodic intro followed by the rather dissonant screaming part feels to me like an artist working hours on a delicate piece of art, only to violently destroy it once finished >:D Not necessarily how I would do things, but I very much enjoy the art, and I love the song as a whole. I'm sure it will sit very nicely on the record. Can't wait till the 29th!

[fudgeisgd]

Can't wait! Getting strong Hubardo vibes from this track... with a hint of something completely new.

[sepiarain]

Quaquaversal on every strata. I cannot wait to become fully acquainted with this. The vocals are incredible. The ebb and flow and layered up ideas are something to truly behold. As the kids would say, an absolute banger.

[roomproductions]

This is so intense, i love it. Up there with their finest work!

[siIverspawn]

I found Void in Virgo to be the most accessible sound Kayo Dot has ever gone for. After hearing that, I expected the entire album to sound similarly. I now feel very foolish.

[bigsigu]

is it true Toby's playing drums on this album?

[AdAstra]

Interesting! Struggling with this track a little I must say. Adore the previous single, but the magic in this song is spread a little thin to my ears. Looking forward to delving deeper and hopefully eating my words...

[joshvalhalla]

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