{"product_id":"a-plague-of-lighthouse-keepers-towers-of-silence-ep","title":"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Towers of Silence EP 10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebut EP by the Haarlem-based quintet A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers — a disturbing and consoling collision of sludge, post and doom metal, free jazz, and spiritual music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSounds like:\u003c\/strong\u003e OM, Sumac, Swans, Miles Davis, Pandit Pran Nath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst most drone-metal outfits focus on atmosphere through ambient composition, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers use traditional doom\/sludge metal as a starting point and explore its intersections with free jazz, raga, noise, and classical minimalism. Coming from diverse backgrounds, the quintet weaves these styles into a cohesive narrative that confronts the despair, anger, and anxiety of our contemporary geopolitical climate — before searching for resolution within the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpener \u003cem\u003eThe Massacre of Flour\u003c\/em\u003e opens with a ferocious statement against the ongoing Palestinian genocide. \u003cem\u003eI Fuck People\u003c\/em\u003e follows as a freejazz-avant metal thunderstorm in support of marginalised queer communities across the globe. The EP closes with the title track \u003cem\u003eTowers of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e — an Om-like, spiritual wall of sound and a search for meaning and hope in the face of human finality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe name 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers' references multiple artworks, including the Van der Graaf Generator song of the same name and Robert Eggers' 2019 film \u003cem\u003eThe Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e. Lyrically, their songs deal with death, personal struggle, religion, and political philosophy — desperate shrieks, earsplitting cymbals, a noisy guitar palette, and thumbing repetitive bass patterns creating a dialectical counterpoint to contemporary pop culture. The punk rock of a failed generation, drowning in anger and filth, yet capable of small moments of undeniable beauty and fragility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Massacre of Flour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Fuck People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowers of Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Lay Bare Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57252730143046,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1615\/8307\/files\/TowersofSilence-EPartwork_29b29a4f-7b49-4753-90df-784bdb79e450.png?v=1788438311","url":"https:\/\/www.burningworldrecords.com\/products\/a-plague-of-lighthouse-keepers-towers-of-silence-ep","provider":"Burning World Mailorder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}