MAJEURE Debuts Title Track “Solar Maximum” on Pitchfork

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Multi-instrumentalist and sci-fi prog-rock explorer A.E. Paterra returns with his second proper full-length as MAJEURE. Following closely on the heels of his beloved but scarcely limited split album with fellow ZOMBI cohort Steve Moore, Solar Maximum expands on the cinematic, atmospheric vision alluded by his 2010 debut album, Timespan.

Once again composing, performing, and producing the entire album, Paterra broadens the Majeure cosmos with an increased focus on moody synths and an almost inhuman level of patience in the payoff. Drawing influence from 70′s celestial film scores, ambient krautrock, and dexterous vintage prog-rock, Solar Maximum trades in the cosmic disco of Timespan for a more spacious and ominous feel that lives up to its ambiguously ambitious title.

Stream – “Solar Maximum”

- The new full-length will be released on October 16th via Temporary Residence. Near the end of this song I felt like the blood in my veins had turned to ice and I couldn’t do anything else but sit in my chair and keep listening… 

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