San Francisco progressive doom-rock scientists, Giant Squid, will release their fifth LP, Minoans, on October 28th via Translation Loss Records.

Recorded and mixed with engineer Tim Green (Earthless, Melvins) at Louder Studios in Grass Valley, CA, the record sees the avant-garde band at their most refined, focused and vital as it fully embraces its Mediterranean leanings and lyrically excavates one of the earliest civilizations known to history; examining how the aquatic demise of the ancient proto-Greek people may foretell our own end. Minoans is the follow up to Giant Squid's 2011 release Cenotes.

Giant Squid has been wielding palatial vocals and enormous waves of cello, keys, and exotic sludge riffs for over ten years, garnering universal critical acclaim. On Minoans, marine biology and natural history metaphorically collide with heartbreaking stories of historic human tragedy; resulting in some of the most emotional and sincere music being made today in any underground scene. Recorded this past June and tested live over the summer supporting like-minded peers YOB, Minoans is crushingly heavy, exotically beautiful, and unapologetically musical; Giant Squid's finest hour to date. Conceptual artwork created by guitarist / vocalist Aaron John Gregory adds to soaring scope of this ambitious album.

"Minoans is the record I've always known Giant Squid could make; ancient, exotic and other-worldly, while showing a new level of refined focus," comments Gregory. "Lyrically, the album is a giant love letter to the Mediterranean and specifically Bronze-age Greece - a region, people, and time period that deeply fascinates me - and which I feel mirrors these heartbreakingly brutal, turbulent times we live in today."

 

Tracklisting:

"Minoans"
"Thera"
"Sir Arthur Evans"
"Palace Of Knossos"
"Sixty Foot Waves"
"Mycenaeans"
"The Pearl And The Parthenon"
"Phaistos Disc"

Minoans is available for pre-order purchase now at this location.

In addition to Gregory, Giant Squid features Bryan Beeson (bass) Jackie Perez Gratz (cello, vocals), Andrew Southard (keyboards, vocals) and Zack Farwell (drums).