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Risk Relay Posts "As We Descend" Album
"As We Descend," the conceptual and eclectic fourth LP from New Jersey-based Risk Relay, is out this Friday through Nefarious Industries. Advancing the album's street date, a full stream of the sprawling release has come online.
The theme of "As We Descend" is inspired by the late nineteenth-century science fiction novel by John Uri Lloyd, "Etidorhpa," which depicts the story of a man banished to an alternate world within the center of the Earth.
Risk Relay will be supporting "As We Descend: live, including a show the day after its release this Saturday, November 19th in Highland Park. The band has booked a live radio performance on Rutgers' WRSU's Overnight Sensations on December 9th, a record release show in Jersey City on December 10th, and a show January 14th in Philadelphia, with more live actions in the planning stages.
11/19/2016 Pino's - Highland Park, NJ w/ Black Wine, Secretary Legs
12/09/2016 WRSU FM - New Brunswick, NJ *Overnight Sensations live set
12/10/2016 The Hive - Jersey City, NJ *record release show w/ Twin God
1/14/2017 HH Ranch - Philadelphia, PA More...
Risk Relay Streams "The Meeting"
New Jersey's Risk Relay -- now just over a week from releasing fourth full-length, "As We Descend" through Nefarious Industries - offers a new preview of the record with "The Meeting." Check it out below.
The theme of "As We Descend" is inspired by the late nineteenth-century science fiction novel by John Uri Lloyd, "Etidorhpa," which depicts the story of a man banished to an alternate world within the center of the Earth.
Offers Risk Relay with the new single: "'The Meeting' is the story of the restless mind of Llewellyn Drury, alone in his 1850s Cincinnati apartment, trying to find meaning through a dimly lit library of ancient texts as choking clouds of coal soot exhale against his window panes. The feeling of complete isolation descends like the creeping city murk but a restless mind conjures a white bearded phantom to impart the secrets of hidden science." More...
Risk Relay Announces New Album
As New Jersey-based quartet Risk Relay finalizes fourth full-length album "As We Descend" for release through Nefarious Industries in November, the public's first preview of the album has been made available: check out "My Weight Disappearing" below.
Closing a three-year gap between releases, Risk Relay sought out new inspirational energy and direction for the creation of this new concept recording. "As We Descend" was recorded between March and June of 2016 in full analog to 2" tape, engineered by drummer Brian Buccellato at his own Volume IV studio in New Brunswick, and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side.
The lyrics for "As We Descend" are inspired by the late nineteenth-century science fiction novel, "Etidorhpa," which depicts the story of a man banished to an alternate world within the center of the Earth, and this theme is also reflected in the artwork created by Bryan Elkins. More...