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The Great Barrier Reefer

by Bongripper

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Kings of Castille
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Kings of Castille Its surreal, it’s epic, it’s nightmarish. It’s Godspeed you! Black Emperor meets Sleep’s Dopesmoker. Slow building post rock with riffs and crescendo’s.
Jordan Vauvert
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Jordan Vauvert Mieux vaut ne pas avoir peur des blocs monolithiques en abordant The Great Barrier Reefer. Le premier album de Bongripper dure une heure et vingt minutes et pas de marchandage : il faudra l'écouter d'un coup. Mais le jeu en vaut la chandelle : le groupe de Chicago porte au sommet le minimalisme, pratiquant l'art de la répétition pour nous vendre un trip d'enfer ; comme le diable, le psychédélisme se cache dans les détails. Un des meilleurs albums de stoner que j'ai entendus depuis longtemps !
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hops used to start lots of workdays around 7AM with this track. always interesting in the background or foreground.
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Review from Down To The Last Element Blog

Bongripper are the kind of band where if one actually listens attentively for the duration of one of their records, all the things that initially sound underproduced or monotonous grow and develop into subversively dynamic songwriting elements - this band takes the concept of "building up" a track to the next level. There is no better example of this then on their debut effort, the 79-minute, single track behemoth The Great Barrier Reefer. Those with the patience to sit through a tense, minimal, repetitive but ultimately rewarding introduction will experience the heaviest, trippiest, most inexplicably crushing stoner doom they will ever hear. The fact that these guys remain unsigned and for the most part unknown is criminal, but that's what happens when you only press fifty copies of each record you put out. These guys clearly don't give a fuck, and anyone interesting in any kind of doom, or psychedelic music in general, best strap on their diapers. I'm not kidding, if any band ever achieved the legendary/mythical "brown note", these guys did. Production is raw as fuck, but appropriate and grows on you immensely. Prepare to melt.

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released October 2, 2012

Artwork By Mike Miller

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