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This New Black Table Song is a Real “Gargantua”

  • Axl Rosenberg
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Black Table - Obelisk

The more I listen to Black Table, the more I feel that the best word to describe their music is “immersive” — or, perhaps more accurately (if less linguistically legitimate), “submersive.” I mean, just at their band photo: it looks like someone pulled them out of quicksand just in time. It’s as apt a visual metaphor for the band’s new album, Obelisk, as you’re gonna get.

Case in point: “Gargantua,” an Obelisk track that just premiered at Revolver. The first half of the song is instrumental, and replicates the feeling of struggling to get out of a swamp made out of molasses and roach poison; when vocalist/guitarist Mers Sumida finally begins to shriek, she sounds as if she’s doing so while having the life choked out of her.

The fact that I love this song so much may indicate that I need to have my head examined.

Take a deep breath and listen to “Gargantua” below. You can check out another gnarly track from Obelisk, “Obtuse,” hereObelisk will be out October 14 on Silent Pendulum Records in the U.S. and Moment of Collapse Record in Europe. Pre-order it here.

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