Dirty Three- Toward the Low Sun

Toward the Low Sun is what the Dirty Three do best: enigmatic instrumentals that redefine the notions of power in a power trio, a three-headed beast that trades off thoughts with nuance and grace, like a Cerebus dancing a waltz, then knocking back a beer at the bar. You can hear Ellis' aggressive, Grinderman scrape and buzz all over opener "Furnace Skies," one of their all-time best songs.
A low-end, quick-fire distorto-loop and heaving organ bump up against White's frantic, free-jazz drumming, with Ellis's violin soaring through the maelstrom. It's a thunderously assertive gesture, recalling both Albert Ayler's fondness for turning European folk melodies into soulful chaos and the mental static you live with after getting dumped, losing a job, or bearing the burden when that test result comes back positive.

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