Nadja - Desire in Uneasiness

Nadja . Desire in Uneasiness . 2008. 3.5 stars .

Yet another LP from Toronto’s prolific drone doom masters. Desire in Uneasiness is a noticeably more organic sounding record with fluid rolling drums cascading against earth-shaking waves of noise. All five songs are long instrumentals that revel in a relaxed, spacey atmosphere, making this an ideal album to simply sit back and vegetate to. The hypnotic drones, driven along by the swirling percussion, are crushingly heavy but also show the duo’s newfound restraint, as they pare back their more chaotic tendencies to produce something more transcendent.

Nadja’s style is certainly progressing, with fuller compositions and more refined production fleshing out a sound that is both powerful and entrancing. While the material on Desire in Uneasiness isn’t as substantial as the unfurling funeral processions of Esoteric or the astral projections of Jesu, it still places Nadja as one of the premier acts of the contemporary doom metal scene. They are certainly making strides in the development of their sound and more creative breakthroughs are on the horizon.

Nadja Live at Lee’s Palace Toronto.

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