Limited LP on Nostromo. Edition of 500 copies on bone coloured vinyl. Esben and the Witch present their first live album, recorded live at Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands, April 2017. The release showcases the band’s evolution from their prog-leaning electronic origins, live-to-tape experiences recording with Steve Albini through to working with respected metal label, Season of Mist, on their latest album Older Terrors. Sylvan, taken from Older Terrors opens the set, setting the tone and gradually sprawling outwards, filling the room at Roadburn Festival with its carefully paced build and confident layering of overdrive, painting an image of a forest in flames. Dig Your Fingers In and No Dog both from A New Nature (2014, recorded with Albini) take on a road-tested force and are expertly captured by Roadburn Festival’s engineers. Side B starts with the haunting The Fall of Glorieta Mountain, a live favourite for many a year, which features as a highlight on the band’s second outing for Matador Records Wash The Sins Not Only The Face. The reverb of the room and the hushed grace of the crowd adding to the piece and setting the scene for A New Nature’s epic centerpiece The Jungle.
