Ephemeral (EP)
Encyclopedia
Ephemeral is the 2009 follow-up to the PLCN/TAAS
split EP by American post-metal
band Pelican
. It is their first album to be released since signing to Southern Lord Records
. The album consists of two previously unreleased songs in addition to a cover of "Geometry of Murder" by Earth
featuring Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson
.
The album was released on vinyl, and in CD format, although the CDs were limited to only 1,000 copies, and were sold only on Pelican's tour with Isis
. After the tour, the remainder of the CDs were sold through Pelican's Web store, and through that of Southern Lord Records
. Pelican announced through their myspace
page that on the CD, the order of the first two songs had been reversed, although on the packaging, the order remained the same. On 24 October 2009, Pelican announced through their Facebook
account that they would be re-printing the CD, in new packaging, and limited to 500 copies. The re-issue would only be available on their October/November 2009 tour.
Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes
Pelican and These Arms Are Snakes recorded a split EP, often referred to as PLCN/TAAS, on Hydra Head Records in 2008. It was initially released in a limited run of 3000 10" vinyl records and a more limited number of CDs available initially on Pelican's European tour with Torche, and These Arms Are...
split EP by American post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band Pelican
Pelican (band)
Pelican is a post-metal quartet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography and description:The band is known for its dense combinations of different melodies and extended track lengths. Its distinctive sound draws from stoner rock, doom metal, post-rock, and other influences...
. It is their first album to be released since signing to Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
. The album consists of two previously unreleased songs in addition to a cover of "Geometry of Murder" by Earth
Earth (band)
Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages...
featuring Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson
Dylan Carlson
Dylan Carlson is the lead guitarist, lead singer, and only constant member of the Drone doom group Earth.Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His father worked for the Department of Defense, and, as a result, as a child he moved quite frequently, living in Philadelphia, Texas,...
.
The album was released on vinyl, and in CD format, although the CDs were limited to only 1,000 copies, and were sold only on Pelican's tour with Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
. After the tour, the remainder of the CDs were sold through Pelican's Web store, and through that of Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
. Pelican announced through their myspace
Myspace
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page that on the CD, the order of the first two songs had been reversed, although on the packaging, the order remained the same. On 24 October 2009, Pelican announced through their Facebook
Facebook
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account that they would be re-printing the CD, in new packaging, and limited to 500 copies. The re-issue would only be available on their October/November 2009 tour.
Track listing
- "Embedding the Moss" – 7:46
- "Ephemeral" – 5:25
- "Geometry of Murder (EarthEarth (band)Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages...
cover)" – 7:38
Band members
- Trevor de Brauw – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Bryan Herweg – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Larry Herweg – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Laurent Schroeder-Lebec – guitar
Other personnel
- Dylan Carlson – Guest guitar on "Geometry of Murder"
- Chris Common – Engineering and Mixing
- Ed Brooks – Mastering