Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Pleasuring the Divine
(Marble Son)

After five years of studying the secrets of loudness with monastic-doom-scholars Sunn O))), Appalachian Amazon Jesse Sykes and her merry men return with a new collection of dirged-out twangfests.  Their time spent with the hooded amp-friars is readily apparent; the first track is an 8 minute blast of distortion, noodling, and fog any stoner-rock afficionado would happily stroke his beard to.  Things get more wistful and slide-guitar-y afterwards, but the bite is never too far away, and is a welcome addition to their sound.