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I am only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation,” Susan Sontag once remarked. Sontag never had the chance to work out how she felt about Gnod, given she sadly left this earthly realm in 2004. Yet Gnods now twenty year journey through spiritual and audial exploration has been nothing if not that. Driven by relentless curiosity, magpie irreverence and a fierce countercultural imperative, their project has always refused to acknowledge all or any rules and boundaries, internal or external.

The latest adventure of this band may never have been intended to celebrate their two-decade anniversary, but as long-time Gnod member Paddy Shine notes, they dont always have a lot of say in these matters I know that we didnt plan it this way but perhaps it was always in the plan and we just didnt know it he notes cryptically. I guess what Im saying is that the Gnod thing seems to have its own energy now and certain things tend to take care of themselves.

This intrepid first instalment of the Chronicles Of Gnowt trilogy covers an alarming amount of sonic territory all on its own. Driven as always by the power of repetition as well as Gnods alchemical marriage of the maximal and the minimal, this album is imbued with a vivid focus thats testimony to the chemistry of the sessions, coupled with a detailed and spacious production that brings out the psychedelic sound worlds of the band in vivid colour.

street date 5/22/2026