ORGAN THING OF THE DAY, December 20th,  Guapo’s new album out next month.

GUAPO…  They’ve come a long way from the days when they’d be opening Organ bills in Camden pubs, their new album is sounding rather excessively fasty, indeed here comes a taste of said tastiness right now…

Guapo History Of The Visitation official trailer

The latest news is that GUAPO‘s new album is due for release in January 2013, you can downlaof a free track right now from the front page on the record label’s website And here come some words from Guapo’s US record label, CUNEIFORM

“Prepare yourself for an experience that’s simultaneously otherworldly and assaultive. On paper, the music of Guapo reads like a riddle – the British quartet’s sound is based around ideas like controlled chaos, atonal harmony, uplifting darkness, and beautiful destruction. Nothing about the band or their work seems to adhere to even the most open-minded set of preconceptions about the meaning of umbrella terms like “rock,” or “progressive,” or even “experimental.” But when you abandon the need to reconcile any of these concepts with each other, and simply let their latest album, History of the Visitation, speak for itself, everything becomes radiantly clear.

History of the Visitation is the ninth album from the forward-looking foursome, and their second for Cuneiform Records (their last one for the label was 2004’s Five Suns, and they’ve since released Black Oni (2005) on Ipecac and Elixirs (2008) on Neurot Recordings. The band’s return to Cuneiform finds them following through on the kind of epic constructions that sprung forth from the aforementioned albums. The record is dominated by the 26-minute tour de force “The Pilman Radiant,” offset only by the 11-minute journey “Tremors from the Future” and the considerably more compact sonic sculpture known as “Complex #7.”

In addition to the new studio album, both the CD and LP versions include a live DVD of the group from their 2006 and 2007 USA and European tours. This is the only live footage of the band available to the public and features former member Daniel O’Sullivan of Ulver and Sun 0))).

Only 300 copies are available from us of the high quality vinyl pressing, which comes in a good looking gatefold jacket and which includes the DVD and a digital download card”.

Here’s a taste off their 2008 Elixers album (on Neurot Recordings)

Guapo – Jeweled Turtle

A festive bit of STIK…

Stik and Zimad @ Bushwick Five Points