Released: October 2, 2012
tracklist:
01. Black House
02. A Presence
03. At Heart
04. Ghost
05. Skinning
06. Moon
07. Briar Path
08. Crosscut
09. Fang
10. Crescent
11.Trinity
ERAAS
S/T | FLT-002
ERAAS is a tribal atmospheric quartet based in Brooklyn led by its two founding members Robert Toher and Austin Stawiarz. The band arose from the ashes of New England-based project Apse in 2011, forming with the desire to create more ritualistic and darker themes. Live, the band, generally as a 4-piece, elicit foreboding, cautionary themes, mixing driving percussion, insistent basslines tangled with hypnotic guitars and ethereal vocals.
Following their signing to the newly formed Brooklyn imprint Felte, ERAAS have given away a few tracks from their along forthcoming self-titled abum, out 1st October in the UK/EU.
A sense of place. It's a notion that has informed some of our most memorable works of art — everyone has a favorite book or painting or album that somehow has the power to immerse you completely in its world, so much so that you don't want to leave.
This sense of creating art that can spirit you away somewhere else entirely is something that most definitely also informs ERAAS debut album. In 2011, the band's founding members Robert Toher and Austin Stawiarz were gravitating more towards ritualistic and darker themes not fully explored in their previous incarnation. In searching for a place to translate this mood to record, the duo settled on a rambling, atmospheric mansion in Western Massachusetts outside of Northampton. ERAAS decided to retreat to an area steeped in history and its own distinct atmosphere — all deserted hill towns and melancholy beauty — to make this record. The decision paid rich creative dividends — this is an album that's heavy with both an ominous mood and a certain orchestral grandeur.