#yet further

Almost six years after Sioum’s debut LP, on May 20th of 2016 the group released their second full-length album Yet Further. It was recorded and engineered by Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pelican.) Whereas their debut I Am Mortal, But Was Fiend was based mainly on fictional stories and imagery, the 🎶 of Yet Further serves more as artifacts that reflect and convey the personal tribulation, hopes, and fears experienced after their first album was released. The 🎶 maintained a similar cinematic and emotional core, but with more content, variation, and complexity throughout each song. A noticeably more progressive influence could also be heard, with heavier exploration of distortion passages. . Yet Further is available across ALL digital platforms! . (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmg00YKggMA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ibjkkb2qi1e6

Here is an exhibit of my abstract art at Cassava Cafe in Chicago. It’s concept art for my band Sioum’s sophomore full-length album, Yet Further. It took us over 6 years to complete all the 🎶 for this album so it only felt best that I work on the art for something so personal and intense. The tribulations experienced are like artifacts now for myself and my band members. The style was abstract and intentional as we wanted to reveal the microcosms almost at a molecular level of human suffering and striving. You can download all of our 🎶 for FREE on Bandcamp including Yet Further, which was released May 20th of 2016! For Vinyl lovers Sioum has a glorious glossy 2xLP for Yet Further and the DigiPak (📀) that contains all of the art in a booklet. Each painting represents a song or movement on the album. https://sioum.bandcamp.com/🎶 . Also quite spiritually significant for Chicago as a whole is the Cubs winning a couple years ago when Yet Further was released! What a day to be alive! . (at Cassava Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmg0tnGg6LV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=85pu2qg3uzsk

Listen to: Welcome to New Beginnings by Sioum

The rest of this album is good, too, though it grazes much closer to the softer side of all things post-rock. Shout out to Heavy Blog Is Heavy for introducing me to Sioum’s music.

Full album Yet Further comes out May 20.

(TIER 8.5 & TIER 12) A note from me (Arthur)... I'm really excited about these two new Tiers we are releasing for Sioum's Kickstarter Campaign! Why!? Because my friend Emily Campbell and I slaved for months on-end trying to hone in on the essence of Yet Further. This art contains our blood, sweat, and tears (to say the least). So please consider upgrading your pledge to Tier 8.5, or Tier 12. Thank you very much for your support. It means the world to me, Emily, and to Sioum. Here are all the details in our Update #5: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sioum/yet-further-sioums-second-full-length-album/posts/1539608

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