Uncle Woe Is Now Streaming Their Second Album “Phantomescence”
Hailing from the oft frozen hills of rural Canada, Uncle Woe is a phantom limb, shown here wielding some bludgeoning tool against mostly true tales of bittersweet sorrow, revenge, and regret.
The album Phantomescence is comprised of four abstract ghost stories, as each track features various dead and ‘phantomescent’ characters. With hopes that listeners find it immersive, the lyrical content is a solid mix of poetry and prose and should be rewarding for people who are interested in the thematic element of an album as well as the sonic side. It’s a fairly warm and intriguing album, composed of a lot of lush passages that unfold over time.
Showing more maturity and contemplation that the first, 100% solo effort, Phantomescence was created under less than ideal circumstances during COVID-19.
The band shares their thoughts on the album: “We are more than thrilled with the results, and can’t wait to let it into the light. The growth between the first record, which was essentially a glorified solo-project, and this album, has been highly rewarding, and I think we’ve really honed and solidified the Uncle Woe sound on this release. I know we’ve both poured a lot of ourselves into this album, and it has proven to be a fruitful endeavour!”
Lyrically, the content is more outwardly focused than on the previous record, with some science fiction and several abstract ghost stories seeping into the subject matter. There is a lot of contrast between sparse sections and full walls of sound, beefy doom passages, which grow after multiple listens and the underlying, subtle progressive tendencies really start to come through.
Suitable for anyone fond of doom and progressive metal, Uncle Woe will be especially interesting for fans of Chrome Ghost, Deftones, and Slomatics.
The album Phantomescence is due out October 23rd via Packard Black Productions. And before it's officially out, the full stream is available on TheObelisk HERE.
Digital, CD, and vinyl pre-order HERE.
Track Listing:
Become The Ghost (6:29)
On Laden Shores (13:30)
Lucid Degrees of Autoscopic Ruin (6:45)
A Map of Dead Stars (13:14)
Album Length: 40:00
Album Credits:
All songs performed by: Rain Fice/Nicholas Wowk
All songs written by: Rain Fice *Become the Ghost by Fice/Wowk
Produced by: Rain Fice/Nicholas Wowk
Mixed by: Rain Fice
Mastered by: Rain Fice
Album Artwork by: Rain Fice
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Album Recording Band Line Up:
Rain Fice – Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Nicholas Wowk – Drums/Percussion
About:
Hailing from the oft frozen hills of rural Canada, Uncle Woe is a phantom limb, wielding a bludgeoning tool against mostly true tales of bittersweet sorrow, revenge, and regret.
The bleak desolation of Bancroft, Ontario spawned Uncle Woe in 2019 when Rain Fice grew weary of floundering in non-committed projects and instead dove into songwriting mode with a rough idea of his ideal sound and started carving out what would become the first Uncle Woe LP Our Unworn Limbs.
After the album was released in 2019 and started to pick up some buzz, a full band began to form. However, the pandemic was not far off and the band whittled down to a 2 piece. Before lockdown began, Uncle Woe managed to lock down the rough elements of what would become the second album Phantomescence, Fice expanded on them, and after being fed to drummer Nicholas Wowk, and recording remotely, the album was complete: a meandering exploration of death and dreams. Many chugging, bludgeoning passages are offset by expansive and contemplative, subdued, almost post-rock soundscapes.
As Uncle Woe begins to hit their stride, fans can look forward to the band putting out music pretty much indefinitely, plans are in motion for a third album already. The band's second album Phantomescence will be available digitally, CD, and on vinyl on October 23rd via Packard Black Productions.