Artist: Gastr del Sol
Title: The Serpentine Similar
Format: Vinyl LP
Edition: Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive
Number of Tracks: 8
Release Date: 08 Aug - 2025
Record Label: Drag City
Genre: Rock - Indie Rock, Alrenative Rock
Catalogue: DC106
EAN: 0781484010616 / B0FLQNGRWZ
Tracklistings: 1 - A Watery Kentucky | 2 - Easy Company | 3 - A Jar Of Fat | 4 - Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis | 5 - Eye Street | 6 - For Soren Mueller | 7 - Serpentine Orbit | 8 - Even The Odd Orbit
Release Notes: Theyearwas1992.Afterabruisingrunof tourdatestheyearbefore, thefinal lineupofBastro,apower-trioofDavidGrubbs,Ken(Bundy) BrownandJohnMcEntire,retired,exhausted.Shortlythereafter, they wererebirthed,sansdrums,viaanewsetof ideascomposedinthe cut-downconfigurationofGrubbsonguitars, keyboardsandvocals andBrownonbass. Playing induo format openedupsoundand intention, leavingtheneedforspeed(andthestockinrock)out,while letting in an expanse of brooding, droning acoustic space that highlighted thesongs’ serpentineshapes. Thiswas somethingso radicallydifferentastorequireanewcallingcard:henceforth,Gastr delSol.