52. Pothamus - "Abur"

Now this one ain’t an easy listen but it has so much to give the listener if they just work with it. It is a complex jagged cathedral of sound that feels brittle and impenetrable on first listen but slowly unveils itself over several listens. It feels like you are intruding upon some form of ritualistic tribal ceremony as opposed to listening to an album. At the heart of it are drone-like passages that feel organic and primordial. The simplistic percussion and chanted vocals add to the circular feeling of being trapped in some form of primitive time loop. Challenging and bordering on listenable, it manages to be intriguing enough to keep pulling the listener back in and by doing so it slowly but surely reveals its beauties within.