Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" jeri2025 There’s a loose narrative thread

There’s a loose narrative thread that ties the album together

and producer Lynn Gunn steps into a new chapter

Rowland Salley

Remastered from the original tapes with amazing new dynamics and the murk reduced to the noise layer it was meant to be

but was delayed due to the break-up of the band shortly after the September concerts

Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" jeri2025 There’s a loose narrative threadBastro was being reborn, with Grubbs on guitars, keyboards and vocals and Brown on bass. Playing in duo format opened up sound and intention, leaving the need for speed (and the stock in rock) out, while letting in an expanse of brooding, droning acoustic space that highlighted the songs serpentine shapes. This was something so radically different as to require a new calling card: henceforth, Gastr del Sol