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After the new slab of heavy doom that was The Sciences album comes another equally heavy doom track in Leagues Beneath. This track is no japan only bonus track oddity that is of some lesser quality to what one will find on the most recent album either. It crushes and grooves along as heavy as any great classic doom will right out of the gates, then pegs things back to build for the vocals to kick into gear (all of which can be found in circular writing on the back of the sleeve). Like most of Sleep's lyrics they appear to be sort of encrypted in meaning. My interpretation is something smashing into the ocean floor and transforming into the next metamorph creature of it's life cycle, leaving it's shell to drift with the tide. Musically this would also be consistent to the passages that make up the length of this 17 minute track. This really is one of the bands best songs to date. It has some brilliant guitar sections in the vein of those littered throughout The Sciences album and when the vocals have ended a killer riff with effects layered over the top of it really give you that underwater feel that would typically distort sounds in the density of liquid, leaving you in a blissed out state by the end of it. Where The Clarity failed I feel was trying to continue the narrative of Dopesmoker with a song under the 10 minute mark that didn't quite fit some 11 years after the album got the reworking it deserved. Leagues Beneath can also be seen as that same next experimental chapter expanding on the themes of The Sciences album and we didn't need to see an extended hiatus between them. 2018 has been a very productive year for the mighty stoner doom overlords in terms of recorded output. If you are a fan of this band or this genre and have a vinyl player it would be in your best interests to secure yourself a copy of Leagues Beneath before they become sparse.Read full review
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