Book of Wyrms will release the epic ambient, instrumental song, ‘Sodapop Glacier’ on October 26th, 2022 via Desert Records.
Why would a band who built its name on tight songwriting and haunting vocals put out an improvised instrumental track as their latest single? Bassist Jay ‘Jake’ Linsley said of Sodapop Glacier:
“We wanted to do something totally different. We kind of specialize in LPs of very planned songs, so this was pretty much the exact opposite.”
Book of Wyrms adds, “It’s also the first time we did the cover art ourselves. We wanted this to be a really different and idiosyncratic effort from us – it’s a collage of some outer space photos and an old painting of a Lord Dunsany story.
The song doesn’t tell a story, but it’s supposed to capture the feeling of relief and drama of watching a storm coming in during the hottest part of the day and just violently cooling everything off. You can feel the energy exchanging through the air and it’s both sublimely relaxing and crushingly powerful. You can smell it coming, and you can almost feel the plants and trees opening themselves to the storm. I guess you could call it a prayer or meditation on nature. Thank you for listening and we hope it takes you somewhere cool.”
