Earth: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull 12″

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The rebirth ofEarthresulted in the band signing with Southern Lord and releasing the essentialHexin 2005. Working alongsideHexproducerRandall Dunn, the band then entered AVAST! studios (whereEarth2was recorded) and began laying down 2008’s monumentalThe Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull. The mainstay core ofDylan CarlsonandAdrienne Daviescollaborated and wrote material withSteve Moore,Don McGreevy, and legendary guitaristBill Frissell. The musical direction was more focused thanHexwith the band moving into more of a rock/American Gospel oriented and improvisatory direction framed by a truly psychedelic production. It remains the group’s most successful album and many tracks are still performed live to this day.This new 2018 reissue contains theexclusive bonus track: “Junkyard Priest”(featuring Milky Burgess on slide guitar). The audio wasspecifically mastered for vinyl, thelacquers were cut by Bob Weston(Shellac) and the 2LP-set comes housed in a beautiful “old style” Stoughton gatefold jacket.