Rhetoric of the Image, by Torpor

Rhetoric of the Image

by Torpor

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Eco vinyl is reground and recycled vinyl pellets. It's a more environmentally friendly option, LP1 deep purple marbled effect, LP2 black. LP comes with 4 page insert

Digital version is available here torpornoise.bandcamp.com/music

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	1.	Benign Circle 11:39
	2.	Two Heads on Gold 06:40
	3.	Enigmatic Demand 12:59
	4.	Mouths Full of Water, Throats Full of Ice 03:34
	5.	Mourning the Real 16:21

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Formed in 2012, Torpor's 2015 debut ‘From Nothing Comes Everything’ was a mere hint of what was to come, a larval combination of hooky riffs, hardcore screams and more experimental dynamics – the only elements that would survive the seven years hence. Winnowing down to a three piece, something that would cripple lesser bands gave Torpor a more vital edge. 2016’s split with Bristol’s answer to Neurosis, Sonance, saw the band transformed into a more considered form – world-striding riffs and tectonic rhythms explored as a slow-burn over long form track lengths.

Three long years passed as the trio threw themselves into the subterranean depths of the UK live heavy music scene, exploring the limits of their suffocating sound in venues that could barely contain the scopic weight. New tracks rose to the surface like scalding, viscid bubbles of tar, ideas hammered into shapes ever more towering, and now, a rich reward – new album “Rhetoric of the Image”.

Released on 20th September 2019 digitally (band) and on DLP as a co-release between Truthseeker Music (UK), Sludgelord Records (UK), Moment of Collapse Records (DE), Smiths Food Group (NL) & Medusa Crush Records (CAN).

Sludgelord Records (037) 2019
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released September 20, 2019

Recorded & Mixed by Wayne Adams @ Bear Bite Studios, London, UK
Mastered by: James Plotkin @ Plotkinworks, Philadelphia, USA
Artwork by: Jack Burley of Prismatik

Torpor is:
Simon Mason
Lauren Mason
John Taylor

Piano & Guitar by Stephen Trepak on "Mouths Full of Water, Throats Full of Ice"

Band info: www.facebook.com/torporsound/ || torpornoise.bandcamp.com/music

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