(written by Islander)

SSMMÜTT (please pay careful attention to the umlaut as you sound out the name) is the experimental musical project of Irish producer and illustrator Robert Mirolo, accompanied by a changing cast of supporting characters.

The music has rightly been called “shape-shifting”, further described by the label that’s releasing their new album (Cursed Monk Records) as “a visceral alchemy of Doom, Kosmische, and Ambient textures, often collapsing into the crushing weight of blackened sludge” — and that’s not an exhaustive description.

The name of the album, which will be released on October 30th, is A Blight on the Perfect Organism of Death. We are premiering a full stream of it today, all nine songs and 31 minutes of it, preceded by a likely futile attempt to prepare you for the often vicious, often captivating, and constantly surprising carnival that’s now arrived in your neighborhood. Continue reading »