Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows – Inexorable Opposites

When you become an unapologetic embodiment of what can happen when the limits of your imagination and artistic creativity are met by the endless expanse of what your style can become in the right hands, anything becomes possible. We’ve seen plenty of names in recent times tap into the more psychedelic reaches of many different sounds, but it’s only the bold that are able to come around and continuously push forward for both themselves and their sound as a whole. Having made their impact known many times over across the years, it’s with their fourth record that Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows has reached new spectacular heights that are simply magnificent.

There are many different ways that one can go about harnessing the awesome and expansive might of psychedelia, but it’s oftentimes when it’s used with restraint that it can take on some of its best and most compelling forms. When it’s intertwined with the proper sound and approached with reverence and tact, it can effortlessly elevate an experience to something that can really defy expectations. Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows have long used it to their great advantage with their particular brand of stoner rock using psychedelia alongside notes of doom, yet it is with their latest creation, “Inexorable Opposites”, that their dynamic range has reached both greatest heights and deeper lows in the most compelling forms. Between its riffs, evocative dissonance, and out-of-the-box writing that quickly culminates in an impactful performance that is simply unyielding upon the spirit, the whole of “Inexorable Opposites” seeks to explore the contradictions of this life we live alongside its dualities, quickly making for a potent creation that is both a ripper of satisfaction and a connector to the wallowing of the deepest reaches of the soul.

This performance is far from the sort that embodies only the finest of this breed of rock, but it most definitely embodies the very finest of Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows. “Inexorable Opposites” is many things, and it begs you to experience it all as Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows takes your hand, pulls you into an evocative and sonic maelstrom that holds nothing back, and when the storm finally fades, you’ll be begging once more to drown yourself in this captivating experience once more.

“Inexorable Opposites” releases on February 6th via Magnetic Eye Records!

LISTEN to advanced tracks from “Inexorable Opposites” on Bandcamp here.

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