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Shazu

by Shazu

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Life breathes Through these sycamore trees I think their leaves Are communicating Singing the gospel of unity Eyes dilated in the woods See everything Feel everything Like the first time Perceiving reality Like the first time Running hands through Running water
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When the suns high And the sky's clear When the air heals There are those Who choose the shadows Walking in circles Mindless footsteps populate An otherwise dead hall Hobbling under fluorescent glow Because the doctor said so Reductionist bullshit Drive to the store for sugars Then walk the mall to stay healthy Ignoring your Mother and Father For your father and mother Your brothers and your sisters For your lesser desires How can you choose To die so slowly
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It was hidden from me The secrets that are sought by so many And the power that comes with them Hints etched in stone, On scrolls, papyrus manuscripts All read essentially the same thing You're not your body Nor are you the thoughts you have These are just tools to ascend Recognize the power Of clear thought control Turn off the sound that never ceases Holographic sight fills third eye Feel the light align within Lungs breath in air Stimulate medulla Circulate prana Greater and lesser channels Pulse that which gives life Raise the serpent energy Up through the spine Practicing to leave this world behind And enter the realm of Ancestors and higher entities The key to this Is within the mind And heart center
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Large planks of white pine Lain with steady hand and mindful eye In an open field near the countryside Where light stands and darkness hides Pointed ceiling with four windows The altar dead center Nearby the lamp that never dies Shine bright on The Crystal Robed in fine silk Anointed with oil Perfume the air Sticks of dried cedar

about

A great power emerging out of the earth takes form; it shifts in clouds of fog, slowly taking an ill-defined shape. At first the shape is still but just as the lines become defined it starts to move. It is driven forward towards an unsuspecting world, where it will seize the minds of passers-by and force them to follow.

This power is Champaign-Urbana's newest post-metal/sludge band SHAZU. The three piece's debut EP is what you've been waiting for all these years, even though you had no idea it was coming. Shazu layers stoner and psychedelic qualities over an aggressive and unrelenting foundation of sludge riffs and abrasive textures.

You will come to Shazu for the heavy bass tone, the unabating torrent of the drums, and the guitar work that sucks you in only to strike you from point-blank range; but you will keep coming back for the finer details: the lyrics that call attention to "those who chose the shadows," the air the band lets hang artfully between heavy blasts of sound, and the thoughtful tone the album carries with it; inviting you to sit and chew on the ideas being presented, to listen until you fully understand what it is that makes Shazu so powerful.

FFO: ISIS, Yob, Deftones, Russian Circles, Zozobra, Om, Old Man Gloom, SUMAC

Tapes available at: sonicdust.storenvy.com

credits

released June 25, 2017

Teddy Lerch- Guitar and Vocals
Sam Geneser- Bass
Garrick Nelson- Drums

Recorded and Mixed by Garrick Nelson
Album Art and Logo by Thomas Frye
shazu.cu@gmail.com

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