Download: “Fragrant Nimbus” – Skull Defekts (mp3, 14mb)

Stream: [audio:http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/06-Fragrant-Nimbus.mp3%5D

Six and a half this-just-in minutes off Peer Amid, a new album by Swedish band Skull Defekts, who now feature the sui generis tattooist-shaman-Lungfisher Daniel Higgs on vocals. It’s a brilliant album, and I wish we could share a different track—as good as this one is, it’s not quite representative of the album’s overall occultist Sonic Youth vibe—but here you go. Figure it out for yourself. Cover artwork by Frederik Söderberg.

Details on the band and how to obtain a copy of this album, which is out Feb. 22, here: http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/index.html?id=105205