| Fade | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Boris | ||
| Released | December 2 2022 | |
| Recorded | 2020 at Sound Square in Tokyo, Japan | |
| Genre | Drone, Doom Metal, Experimental | |
| Length | 74:14 | |
| Label | Fangs Anal Satan | |
| Producer | Boris | |
| Boris chronology | ||
| Heavy Rocks (2022) |
Fade (2022) |
Bright New Disease (2023) |
Fade is a studio album by the Japanese experimental rock band Boris. Released on 2 December 2022 as part of Bandcamp Fridays, Fade would be the third studio album released by the band in 2022. Fade would be recorded in 2020 while the band would be on lockdown during the CO-VID19 Pandemic.
Fade would be initially announced the day prior with a tease of a new song and a new photo shoot.[1][2] The next day the album would be released, along with a music video for "Prologue - Sansaro".[3]
Notably the song titles are structured in chapters, implying the themes of a concept album not unlike Soundtrack From Film "Mabuta no Ura" and the band's name is displayed in lower-case, showcasing that it is indeed a more experimental work by the band. Notably the last song "epilogue a bao a qu -infinite corridor-" shares a title with the song "a bao a qu", which previously appeared in different forms on Mabuta no Ura, a stand-alone single and a different version on The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked. This is however a completely different song.
Press Release[]
The 3rd album of Boris’s 30th anniversary year, “fade”, will initially be self-released through the band’s Bandcamp page on December 2, 2022.
2022 marks the 30th anniversary year of Boris, a year of upheaval as the first post-pandemic year. In this year, Boris put out the albums “W” and “Heavy Rocks (2022)” in succession, and for the first time in 3 years went on tour overseas, playing “rock-like” shows that garnered reactions from around the world exceeding those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year was the year we realized that Boris, along with music culture itself, strives toward the future, having acquired new possibilities of heavy music. As the conclusion to these 30 years, “fade” will be released as the latest album under the moniker of boris (in lowercase letters).
The wheels, road of rock and innovation that Boris maintains… This release is not bound by concepts of rock and music in general, but could rather be said to be a documentary of the world plunged into the chaotic age of Boris moving forward.
“Break into the present, post-pandemic era. Memories of the world wrapped in disorder and uncertainty already bring feelings of nostalgia. Every individual was cut off from society, but now have returned as one.
Among that disorder like a primitive scenery, did you have fear? Did you doze off? Or in an extreme state of mind, did you even feel some comfort in the solitude?
Among that disorder, did you make eye contact with yourself, or did you not experience such a moment?
Now, wrapped in a thunderous roar, your whole body will be caressed on the way to awakening.
Morning comes.”
Tracklist[]
- 1. 三叉路 (15:19)
- 2. 月光の入り江 -howling moon, melting sun- (14:21)
- 3. 満ち草 (3:52)
- 4. (汝、差し出された手を掴むべからず) (9:36)
- 5. マリンスノー (6:30)
- 6. a bao a qu -無限回廊- (14:36)
English Translations[]
- 1. prologue sansaro
- 2. chapter 1 gekkou no irie -howling moon, melting sun-
- 3. chapter 2 michikusa
- 4. chapter 3 (nanji, sashidasareta te wo tsukamu bekarazu)
- 5. chapter 4 marine snow
- 6. epilogue a bao a qu -infinite corridor-
Boris[]
- Takeshi - Guitar, Vocals
- Wata - Guitar, Echo, Music Box
- Atsuo - Drums, Electronics
Technical Personnel[]
- Fangs Anal Satan - Engineer, Mixing, Artwork
- Souichirou Nakamura - Mastering