Like sister band Circle or Japanese outliers Boris, Pharoah Overlord occupy a singular space: it doesn’t much matter who’s involved or what kind of music they’re making – stoner rock, scratchy jazz, endless Italo-disco – somehow it is, and will always be, them.
Over the course of 25 years and 20+ releases the band have charted a course that might seem odd at first glance but, viewed from on high, reveals itself to be a wide and eminently logical ellipse. If Louhi doesn’t find them back exactly where they started it’s certainly a variation on a theme – and likely the start of yet another weird, wonderful circumambulation.
The record finds the band on form that is minimal and meditative but also very fucking LOUD.