Shihad – Old Gods (Vinyl) Dead Can Dance Winner of the 2004 Mercury

Winner of the 2004 Mercury Music Prize

In 1978 a young man began to take photographs of the bands that visited his school

In that sense

and the arrangements are often gorgeously lush without threatening to overpower Van Etten’s alto

Reissued with the original 7” for the first time since its original pressing and printed on coloured vinyl for the first time ever

Shihad – Old Gods (Vinyl) Dead Can Dance Winner of the 2004 MercuryIf anger is an energy, then Old Gods Shihads 10th studio album since forming in Wellington in 1988 could singlehandedly power our capital city for a year. Old Gods is a step into fury for frontman Jon Toogood whose lyrics encapsulate our collective anger at recent world events. The album states its intent from the moment the crushing, grinding riff of opener Tear Down Those Names explodes to life, and just one song later Toogood urges for the killing