{"id":17424,"date":"2017-12-08T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17424"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:49:22","slug":"album-review-jess-and-the-ancient-ones-the-horse-and-other-strange-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17424","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Jess and the Ancient Ones &#8211; The Horse and Other Strange Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jess and the Ancient Ones &#8211; The Horse and Other Strange Tales<br \/>\nRelease Date: December 1, 2017<br \/>\nLabel: Svart Records<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a certain deal of stress that comes along with the anticipation of one of your favorite bands releasing a new album.\u00a0 When Jess and the Ancient Ones returned in 2017 with The Horse and Other Strange Tales I was both nervous and ecstatic.\u00a0 The shortness of the songs at first glance made me a bit skeptical because it was the band\u2019s previous 8 minutes and 20-minute-long epics that truly moved me.\u00a0 Would these shorter songs do the trick?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath is the Doors\u201d kicked in and right away I found myself nodding my head while sporting a shit eating grin.\u00a0 This was going to be a great journey for sure so I just turned on, tuned in, and dropped out.\u00a0 \u201cShining\u201d is a horror a go-go masterpiece that sounds like it could be a lost Doors classic.\u00a0 \u201cYou and Eyes\u201d serves to be the epic track of the album.\u00a0 Clocking in at over 7 minutes long, \u201cYou and Eyes\u201d is pure psychedelic bliss that proves that nobody, and I mean nobody, does this style of music better than Jess and the Ancient Ones.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwDMjFszYxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Horse and Other Strange Tales is such a monumental album and it\u2019s an album that sounds like nothing out there today.\u00a0 Instead of taking the predictable step and making an album that was just an extension of it\u2019s predecessor, Jess and the Ancient Ones made the album that they wanted to make and the album that they needed to make at this point in their career.\u00a0 The Horse and Other Strange Tales is yet another amazing chapter in this steadily growing mysterious story.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to see what Jess and the Ancient Ones has in store for us as I feel there will be many amazing and unpredictable chapters to follow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Horse-Others-Weird-Tales\/dp\/B0766FP89Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Buy The Horse and Other Strange Tales Here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess and the Ancient Ones &#8211; 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