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The Split w/ Atvm

by Penance Stare

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    Screen printed by hand by Diss Prints on "Desert Dust" Stanley Stella shirts, featuring artwork by Amber Yilmaz and text by Harry Bray with hand-sewn labels.

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    Four-panel digipack CD with obi strip and 16-page reversible booklet containing lyrics and artwork by Sam Calcraft, Luke Gilchrist (c.d.v.e) and Hila Angelica.
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    Body-printed cassette with special edition A6 zine containing lyrics, band interviews, and artwork by Sam Calcraft, Luke Gilchrist (c.d.v.e) and Hila Angelica. Released via Forgotten Sorcery.

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1.
Seven Vials 03:35
Less butcher, more sculptress. Plucked feathers, behold. Lone evenings pass like years. I’m turning to stone. Make your bed, lie in it, find safety in loss. Less falsehood, more actress. New nightmares disrobe. As glamour fades with age, we soften and rot.
2.
Sanctimonia 02:53
Amber snowfall after dark, like always. I will dare you to believe me, like always. The ink dries down. In your drawings and in your head, like always. You were absent, never there, like always. The ink dries down and never fades.
3.
My canvas, my opus, my flesh. No pictures, back turned, facing in. Each finger, each muscle, each rib. I brace while you take measurements. A mouthful, a hunger, a “yes please”. Be smaller, be quiet, be empty. My blood turns bath water to rust. The aching, the abject disgust. Try repulsion on for size. I buried my heart in the snow, and waited for flowers to grow. I waited and waited.
4.
Oubliette 03:15
Dead receiver, cannot hear me. This lonely humming sings for no-one. Kicking, screaming. Burnt to ashes. Hang me up and try me again. Save your breath. I’m not here. Dead receiver, no-one’s listening. Hold your secrets tight to your chest. Not here.
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Atvm - Grot 05:14

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Cassette copies available here - forgottensorceryproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-split-atvm-penance-stare

Praise for The Split -

"Vocalist and guitarist Esmé's horrific shriek adds a definite emotional depth to Penance Stare's sound–a desperate, tortured sound which pairs perfectly with the tension these two musicians bring on their half. I would be remiss if I did not make mention of Skylar Gill's creative, near-blast-free approach to the drums, opting for weird grooves and active, full-kit use rather than the simple blast beats we often find in this type of black metal". - Invisible Oranges

"The result is four tracks of snarling ferocity, doom-laden beats and screams that will claw down deep into the pit of your soul " - Narc Magazine

"A short but pummelling slice of two brilliant underground bands, this split offers the listener a challenging but ultimately rewarding experience from beginning to end." - Noob Heavy

"Penance Stare are sounding more caustic, organic and abrasive than ever on this split, with the clear, roomy production giving their distinctive black metal sound an even more confrontational approach. There are hints of early screamo and early 2000s noise rock throughout, but perhaps most notably on the sparse, harrowing ‘Sanctimonia’ and anxious, bristling ‘Black Cat Petunias’." - The Quietus

credits

released July 11, 2022

Penance Stare -
Esmé Louise Newman - guitar, vocals
Skylar Gill - drums

Atvm -
Harry Bray - vocals
Tom Calcraft- guitar
Luke Abbot- bass guitar
Francis Ball - drums

Penance Stare recorded and mixed by David Curle at First Avenue Studios, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Feb-March 2022
Mastered by Cam Shuck at Satellite Studios, London
Band photography by James Watts
Cover art by Sam Calcraft

Gratitude - Amber, Kurtis, Tim Croft, Jon O’Neill, Jon Rosenthal, Steve Malley, James Watts

Listen to - All The Heavens Were A Bell, Atvm, Belk, Black Holes Are Cannibals, Couch Slut, Disciplinary, Elden Scorn, Friend, Grub Nap, Human Leather, Live Burial, Lucid Pyre, Lump Hammer, Möbius, Modern Technology, No Teeth, Plague Rider, Smuj, Thank, Trauma Bond

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blackened elegy
cemetery evenings
a coven
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