'Shivering King And Others' is the third studio album by Washington DC power trio Dead Meadow, and its first for Matador Records. It clocks in past 62 minutes and is possibly the most interesting and diverse album we will release this year. Dead Meadow are three completely synched brains releasing a most unusual and original heavy rock potion. We haven't heard drums-bass-guitar get this focused, loud or important this side of 'Split'-era Groundhogs or Human Instinct's 'Stoned Guitar', and if you can't figure that one out, this is as high praise as you can get.

The Dead Meadow sound is best compared to warm, runny honey...soft dewy grass... vibrant cracking bonfires... or dark rumbling thunder. The songs create a mood and a space for imagination to roam and drift. The organic, analog 70's production brings out the best of Dead Meadow's soulful playing and creates vast landscapes of their low-slung, glowing guitar tones. Atmospheric, loping psychedelic rhythms are layered with somnolent vocals and plenty of free noodling guitar splutter and grind. Thorough all of the amped up soul-fuzz and multifolded acid shades, this trio's innovative songwriting shines through and both stands them out from the crowd, and proves that this is not just another retro soup for the cannabis culture.

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