The Experimental project Salt On Sunday explores boundaries betwixt reality and Folklore, connections to one’s ancestors through memories and traditions, and blurs the lines between genre realms. Combining elements of Doom, Fuzz, Grunge and Post-Metal to produce a more unconventional sound, “A Docket of Votive Offerings” will be unveiled on the 28th of August, 2024. The first track “Janara,” titled after the term for the witches of the region of Campania, is available to stream.
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Project mastermind Adam R. Bryant explains the concept behind “A Docket of Votive Offerings“: “[a] ‘votive offering’ is something you give up for something else, with no intention of getting it back, despite the effort it may have taken to acquire it. More often, the offering feels like an obligation, with an anxiousness about whether or not you’ll be able to appease whatever you are giving it to.”
Pre-Order the album on Bandcamp: https://saltonsunday.bandcamp.com/album/a-docket-of-votive-offerings
Tracklist:
01. janara
02. ancestor veneration
03. everything is numb and i can no longer tell the difference between time
04. transportable architecture
05. sotto il noce di benevento
06. ti voglio bene
07. ai will write my obituary
08. appropriate violence
About:
Salt On Sunday is musically inspired by the likes of Lungfish, Fugazi and Slint, drawing from personal nostalgia for the ’90s. Adam‘s ancestry is the key focus of this record. Bringing to life memories and family traditions, and exploring the folklore of his grandmother’s home in Benevento. “A Docket of Votive Offerings” also delves into the complicated feelings of home and belonging. Existing in a liminal position of being a part of multiple cultures and but not quite fully belonging in any one.
Salt On Sunday is one of many projects Adam has a hand in. He began with an Experimental Ambient Metal project Pando with Matt Gagne, that released through the UK based Aesthetic Death Label. Adam subsequently released a few nature themed albums under the Cave Dweller moniker, with a new album set to release at the end of this year via Aesthetic Death. Additionally Adam produces meditative drone metal under the name Unfold, also with an album under Aesthetic Death expected sometime this summer.
Credits:
Written, performed and produced by Adam R. Bryant.
