A couple of weeks ago, Brightonian rock trio Esben and the Witch announced that they’ll be returning with their fourth effort Older Terrors on 4th November. The record was written and recorded over the course of a year in the band’s adopted home of Berlin and sees them harnessing something more primordial than before. The band said that “this record is dedicated to the sublime. To Edward Young’s Night Thoughts, John Martin’s apocalyptic visions, Caspar David Friedrich’s forays into the forest and to the sparks of light that glimmer in times of utter darkness.”
They’ve now shared a new track from the collection, ‘The Wolf’s Sun.’ It’s a long, dark but constantly engaging track that moves through different movements reflective of different states of mind. The band explained that the track is “an ode to Luna, a blazing white rock. We find ourselves drawn to and driven by a night lust as old as the firmament itself. The first chapter marks the laden swagger of the satellite, a pendulous, ominous beacon. Switching to the second movement, the maniacal march of its wide-eyed disciples, entranced by its heady glow.” Listen below.
Photo credit: William van der Voort
