Salem have dropped a new album called ‘Red Dragon’ in a surprise release.
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The record marks the first from the Michigan band in six years, following on the heels from their 2020 album ‘Fires In Heaven’.
It also marks their first release since Heather Marlatt – who was a founding member of the witch-house band in 2006 – left the band after their last record. The group is now a duo of Jack Donoghue and John Holland.
Salem had not been teasing any new releases in recent times, and they caught fans off guard yesterday (Thursday May 14) by dropping the new record without any warning.
Titled ‘Red Dragon’, the new LP clocks in at nearly two-hours long and is comprised of 31 tracks. Song names include ‘Lucy Fur’, ‘Withoutu’, ‘Salt Lick’, ‘Piggyhog’, ‘Every Mothers Son’ and more, and according to Pitchfork, some of the songs – including the title track – seem to feature vocals from Marlatt.
Check out the full album below.
Salem’s previous album, 2020’s ‘Fires In Heaven’, was their first release since the 2010 debut album ‘King Night’ and came after a nearly 10-year-long hiatus.
The debut album was given a glowing four-and-a-half-star review when it was first released, with NME writing: “‘King Night’ is sick. Not just in the sense that it’s outstandingly good but in the fact that it seems extremely unwell. The skin of this album appears jaundiced, its flesh infused with thrush and lungs filling with liquid.
“John Holland, Heather Marlatt and Jack Donoghue, who have a murky past in hard drug abuse and prostitution, write about what they can see and how they feel refracted through the cracked prism of narcotics and sleep deprivation,” it added. “You can call this drag or witch house if you like but regardless of its genre tag this is monumental.”
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