NEWS: Jesu Prepares New Album and EP

MUSIC: Jesu Prepares New Album and EP

Justin Broadrick's Jesu project is easily my favorite thing happening in heavy music right now. Take a good dose of My Bloody Valentine and cross it with doomy, almost frightening atmospherics and you have something resembling what Jesu is all about.

This year's Silver EP was a strong and dare I say accessible addition to Jesu's catalogue. According to Broadrick's blog, Jesu is preparing their sophomore full-length for a February 2007 release. The disc, called Conqueror, will contain 8 songs and will run a little over an hour.

That's not all, though. Broadrick has two 12" EP's in the works as well. The first contains two "experimental compositions" that are each 18 minutes in length and are entitled "Sun Down" and "Sun Rise". The second is a split 12" with ambient act Eluvium. Neither of these EP's have a confirmed release date.

The best news of all (assuming Broadrick follows through this time), is that a US tour is planned for next year, along with dates in both Japan and Europe.



Cover Art for Conqueror

ah, this is good news.

i've been a fan of Broadrick's since the early Godflesh days, and i think the last couple of things he's put out as Jesu have probably been his best work yet. majestic, hypnotic, and at its heart, very sad...

jesu is fantastic... league's ahead of godflesh. i'll add this to the top of my '07 anticipations list. i regret not seeing him with isis when i was in dublin =(

the new isis is amazing, btw. the true follow-up to oceanic.

"Friends Are Evil"

awesome. i'm a huge JKB fan, so that's badass news. if he ever hits NM or NEAR NM, I'll be all over that.

Good news. I'm a fan of the S/T album, though less sure about the Silver EP. I'm almost interested in this, from the same post:

"In other news there is a new Justin instigated band project - GREY MACHINE, the first album is currently in fruition. Many of Justin's old cohorts are involved in what will be a floating line up ; Dave Cochrane, a co-conspirator of Justin's [together in Head Of David, God, Sweet Tooth and Ice] is soon to be recording his bass parts. Expect something vicious, loose, heavy and psychedelic. More news very soon...."

Isis is great. Can't wait for the new one. And check out PELICAN!

also check out tides' "resurface" on teenage disco bloodbath... NYC trio in a hydraheadish vein, but often overlooked.

Never heard of em, but I'm gonna have to check it out.

Shamefully I've still not heard Jesu, but I loved Godflesh. This (along with about a million other things) has been on my "to check out" list for quite awhile.

Ditto.

tides is awesome and so is giant "song" and rosetta "the galilean satellites"

Awesome news. I love Jesu, even if I'm not big on Godflesh.

I don't know if it was just posted, (or if i'm simply looking at today's date on the page)-

avalanche is taking pre-orders for a new Jesu "Pale Sketches" cd/lp of unreleased material due out in Oct 07. limited to 2000 cds, about $25 US.

love me some Jesu

B_Werner, you're posting again?

Welcome back!

Man, Jesu own. I very much want to see Mssr. Broadrick and co some day.