pg.lost - Suffering (Official Video)

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Out November 20 via Pelagic Records.

Filmed and edited by Mats Ek

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Trapped in a cavern, it’s pitch black and the air is getting harder and harder to breathe. Disoriented, hands follow the walls to find what could be the ceiling, fingers digging into the rock to find something– anything– loose to help point toward a direction out. Suddenly, a rock frees itself and after clearing away some dirt, a pin of blinding light shines through the enveloping darkness. Clearing away soil and rock with more and more vigor, hope and salvation is just a short way from here.

This is PG.LOST’s Oscillate– the band’s latest LP packed to the gills with pure drama and catharsis. Their fifth overall and first effort since 2016’s much lauded Versus, Oscillate leans on an instrumental approach and while their keen understanding of tension/release may warrant comparison to the likes of MONO, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, PG.LOST is unafraid to move into exciting new directions. With influences that range from the emotional heft of Big Thief to the inventive spirit of krautrock to the brutality of Neurosis to the dark experimentalism of COIL, these heavier elements intertwine and open up into wide-eyed expansiveness of Fennesz or Tim Hecker, revealing a beauty shimmering underneath and a range of depth rarely found in today’s over-compressed and spit-shined version of “modern music.”

In making the new LP, PG.LOST opted to keep it simple and follow their gut. “On the previous records we have always tried to make it very basic and clean when it comes to production, not too many overdubs or add-ons,” reveals bassist Kristian Karlsson. “This time was more about not thinking about that at all. We don’t try to over analyse our records– it always starts with one or two songs and they often set the mood of the rest of the writing process.I think this album has more layers to it– you hear new things every time you listen. We’re really looking forward to hearing what the listeners think.”

Kicking off with a blossoming dark ambient passage on the title track, an ascendant guitar/synth part builds tension until final release is achieved with a massive chorus, waves of eye-opening guitars and elephantine tribal drums. It’s emblematic of the album as a whole– massive in scope and even larger in sound, Oscillate is the true definition of its title with incredibly tense swells to the point of collapse leading to a slow but pensive disintegration. And again. And again. Oscillate is not just instrumental music, it’s cinematic– it’s high drama, executed in IMAX with a pristine soundtrack blasting at 120db.

Due in November via Pelagic Records, the LP was recorded by the band in their own studio, and mixed/mastered by Magnus Lindberg from Cult of Luna. In creating the LP, the only hurdle seemingly was an internal one and making efficient use of individual scheduling. “When we formed the band we spent almost every night in the rehearsal space,” recalls Karlsson. “Nowadays we only rehearse for tours or when we plan to have writing sessions for example upcoming records. It is not as spontaneous as it used to be, but I think it forces us to really make the best out of it when we do see each other.”

Founded in 2004 in Norrköping, Sweden, PG.LOST is Mattias Bhatt, Martin Hjertstedt (ex- Ghost), Gustav Almberg (The Great Discord) and Kristian Karlsson (Cult of Luna). Formed in pursuit of a singular love of post-rock, ambient and shoegaze with a bent towards post- metal, the band released their self-titled and the Yes, I Am EPs in 2006 and 2007. From there PG.LOST dropped their 2008 LP It's Not Me, It's You! quickly followed by 2009’s In Never Out, Key, the Wang Wen split LP and Versus followed in 2012, 2013 and 2016 respectively.

Sovereign in execution and mammoth in scope, Oscillate is ten tracks of pure dramatic bombast and a massive step forward for the decades-old band. The four years away have been worth it.

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That’s my simple theory for the clip:
Road is the eternal life and time.
When the girl starts her journey with the car it is her birth.
All the acts like accidents, paralysis, sickness, solitude is what she/we are suffering from during the trip.

andrasvereckei

Okay, but that synthwave bassline tho! Somewhere, Tortoise is listening to this and going, "Good job, boys."

princealigorna

Fetch me my black t-shirt, post rock is here to stay.

petrkryze

Спасибо за музыку, ребята. Видеоряд пробудил столько воспоминаний. Меланхолия к меланхолии.

borisschellenberg

I love songs kicking in at 4th minute of it or so. It's like a filter, really. Oh, not to mention, this is one of the finest material metal has to offer in 2020.

musicwasmade

This is wonderful! Full of wonder, and suffer? Are you suffer?

NowheretogoRecords

Breathtaking both musically and visually

gaetanmarquer

Solid Pg Lost.. thx for hugging the spirit within me.

justinwiens

I love this. Hello from North Carolina

stephenmills

I love it. Waiting till november. Greetings from Argentina.

marcosquintana

This is a stunning track and album. Have been playing on repeat and the whole album has a cinematic feel. Like a moody and melancholic dream. 'Suffering' reminded me of the sounds created on the 'Interstellar' soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. This is a stunning piece of music and love the video too.

iancorless

Как в старые-добрые времена, отлично звучит!!!

serdgell

What a beautiful piece of art. Not only passionate and heartfelt music, but such an epic and thought provoking visual to accompany it. Anyone else getting an early David Fincher vibe?

slappyshouse