SIGH THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING FOR “BEST ALBUM ART OF THE YEAR”
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 12:39pm by Axl Rosenberg
So I’m a day late on this one, but when it comes to a band as cool as Sigh, better late than never.
Sigh have officially announced a September 2 release date for their aptly titled Venom tribute, A Tribute to Venom, via The End Records. A one-pressing-only limited edition will be available, with an LP with an etching as well as the CD. And, oh yeah, as if all of that wasn’t cool enough, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury and Brutal Truth’s Dan Lilker also make guest appearances on the album.
You know what? That cover art is fucking bad assed, man. What a perfect amalgamation of Sigh and Venom’s personalities. In fact, I wanna start a petition for that son of a bitch to be on a t-shirt, pronto. If the band managed to get that kind of sensibility into the music, too, this fucker is gonna slay.
Sigh are also gonna hit the road with Zimmer’s Hole (who are awesome) and Unexpect (who I don’t know but hear very good things about). Get tour dates after the jump.
SIGH on tour:
(w/ ZIMMERS HOLE and UNEXPECT)
09/06/08 Sat @ Jumping Turtle – San Marcos, Ca
09/07/08 Sun @ Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
09/08/08 Mon @ Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA
09/09/08 Tue @ The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
09/10/08 Wed @ Gators – Farmington, NM
09/11/08 Thu @ Lola’s – Ft Worth, TX
09/12/08 Fri @ White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
09/13/08 Sat @ Meridian – Houston, TX
09/14/08 Sun @ The Muse – Nashville, TN
09/15/08 Mon @ Jaxx – West Springfield, VA
09/16/08 Tue @ B.B. Kings Blues Club – New York City, NY
09/17/08 wed @ FouFounes – Montreal, ON (*Unexpect not playing this show)
09/18/08 Thu @ Jubilee Centre – Sudbury, ON
09/19/08 Fri @ Wreck Room Toronto – ON
09/20/08 Sat @ Peabody’s DownUnder – Cleveland, OH
09/21/08 Sun @ The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
09/22/08 Mon @ 4th St Station – St Paul, MN
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That album art is incredible. I saw it as I loaded the page and was immediately like, “Dude! I need to read this!” Hopefully the album does Venom justice.
Your whole “best” and “worst” album art thing, to be honest, judging escapes me, is it based on how obscure the band is, how obscure the subject at hand is, or a combination of the two? Honestly I don’t get your logic for either category unless it’s the above.
I wish Sigh were playing Portland. Damn you, Mokena!
Sigh’s aight. Album cover is aight. Venom’s cool, though.
Revrant: I like this album art, but for the record, I wasn’t bashing Indestructible’s art like everyone else.
Well I just don’t get it is all, there appears to be no logic other than what I stated for what’s “good” and what’s “bad”, they love the new Slipknot art for example.
Do people even realize exactly that kind of art was parodied in an episode of fucking South Park dealing with Christian rock? Yet it’s great? Blows me away.