Ontario, Canada-based prog/stoner/doom band, Sierra, is preparing to unveil 72, a sprawling, progressive, psychedelic EP with a very personal story line based on a hometown murder and long tale of injustice and revenge. A full stream can be found below.

As the record nears release, the band has sanctioned the creation of a video for one segment of the solitary twenty-three-minute track.

Produced by Phillip Cope (Kylesa), 72 tells the true story of a murder that took place in Sierra's hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo, back in 1972. A man, now in his sixties, told the band how his girlfriend was taken and murdered by a group of men on her sixteenth birthday, and as he was the last person seen with her alive, he was accused and harassed by the town and police for a solid year. It wasn't until one of the men killed himself and in a suicide note admitted what he had done that this man was cleared of all charges. 72 pays tribute not only to the bands love of all things progressive but also to a great friend of the band, and what he lost.

The band chose director Torin Langen's gritty style for the video of "Prologue 72”, and while the segment is based on the tragic tale the EP tells, out of respect to the victim the video is in no way a re-enactment of the events, but simply the directors inspired vision to help convey the song's depth.

The 72 EP will see self-release by the band on March 4th, on both CD and digital formats. Pre-orders are now available here.

72 tracklisting:

"Prologue 72”
"Dead or Dreaming”
"Seventies Pigs”
"Agatha”
"Black Fin”
"To Hear You”
"She Waits”

"Prologue 72” video:

EP stream:

Sierra has confirmed a couple of shows, including providing support for Indian Handcrafts at their record release show in Toronto on February 26th, and a show just days after the release of 72 in Waterloo with Hawkeyes and Public Animal. Additional shows will be announced soon.

Sierra Live:

February
26 - Velvet Underground - Toronto, ON (with Indian Handcrafts)

March
18 - Chainsaw - Waterloo, ON (with Hawkeyes, Public Animal)

(Photo - Chris Fertnig)