Artist:

Grails

Title: Burning Off Impurities

Catalog #

TRR118

Format:

CD / 2xLP

Release Date:

April 24, 2007

Label:

Temporary Residence Ltd.

UPC:

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LP:

The players:

Emil Amos

Alex John Hall

William Slater

Wm. Zak Riles

Following soon after the critically praised Black Tar Prophecies collection on Important Records, Portland,

Oregon’s

Grails return with their first proper studio album since 2004 release of Redlight. Burning Off

Impurities – their debut for Temporary Residence Ltd. – makes good on the promise of those past releases in

delivering an album that not only thursts the group to new heights, but also pushes the instrumental rock

genre forward for the first time in nearly a decade.

An increased interest in psychedelic, ambient and world musics is most likely to blame for Grails’ exploration

of the lesser-traveled paths of modern music. In addition, their eclectic range of collaborative endeavors –

guitarist Zak Riles is also in

M. Ward‘s band, while drummer Emil Amos has moonlighted as Jandek’s

drummer – has introduced an element of improvisation and reinterpretation of ideas that is both brilliant and

earnest.

Like Black Tar Prophecies, Burning Off Impurities was produced by Grails, with production assistance by Jeff

Saltzman and Steven Wray Lobdell (of avant-garde legends,

Faust). Influenced in equal parts by Ash Ra

Tempel, Erkin Koray, Popol Vuh, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and dozens others, this is very likely the

closest Grails will ever get to making a classic rock record; the kind of sprawling masterpiece that you savor

for years before passing it on to your younger brother so he can repeat the process.

Track Listing:

1.

Soft Temple

2.

More Extinction

3.

Silk Rd

4.

Drawn Curtains

5.

Outer Banks

6.

Dead Vine Blues

7.

Origin-ing

8.

Burning Off Impurities

Discography:

GRAILS Black Tar Prophecies Vol’s. 1, 2 & 3 CD (Important 2006)

GRAILS Interpretations... CDEP (Southern 2005)

GRAILS Redlight CD (Neurot 2004)

GRAILS The Burden of Hope CD (Neurot 2003)

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