STREAM CORMORANT’S DWELLINGS IN FULL, AND PRE-ORDER IT TOO

Surely it’s a sign that a band is doing extremely well if their publicist asks you to wait two weeks to post about their new album because pre-orders through the band’s webstore have come in in overwhelming numbers. It’s hard to believe that an independent band like Cormorant could be in that position all on their own, but then again, no, it’s not really that hard to believe; Cormorant are a great band, people love ’em, and as you may remember from his all-too-brief stint as a MetalSucks columnist a couple of years back, Cormorant mastermind Arthur von Nagel knows his way around the business side of music.

Now that we’ve waited the requisite two weeks, we can share the news that Dwellings is once again available for pre-order — this time through Cormorant’s Bandcamp page — in a number of configurations that mix and match the CD, a digital download, a t-shirt and a hoodie. All pre-orders come with an instant-grat download of three tracks, two of which have been previously available and a brand new one called “The First Man.” So get on that!

If you’re the “try before you buy” type head over to NPR, where Lars Gotrich has got the album he’s dubbed “the best metal record of 2011” streaming in full. Look at the Alice Duke-drawn album artwork above as you listen, and consider if you think it’s worth springing for a CD version of Dwellings just so you can hold and admire that beauteous, sprawling masterpiece. Dwellings officially comes out on December 7th.

-VN