Rosetta released their new album Utopiod in 2017 and now they're back to shed a little more light on it. Rosetta just dropped a new EP called Sower Of Wind, which they say focuses on the underlying ambient sections of Utopioid that weren't quite focused enough on. The band fleshes out the concept more below, and you can grab a digital copy of the record here.
Rosetta returned in 2017 with Utopioid, their sixth full-length album and most concept-driven work to date, an intersection of heaviness and beauty. Sower of Wind is a new EP built on soundscapes buried inside Utopioid – elements which the band thought deserved a fuller treatment. "Those soundscapes developed with a concept and a story in mind, but we decided to step back from them and see where they could lead when considered on their own terms," guitarist Matt Weed explains.
Sower of Wind isn't a companion record to Utopioid per se, but shares the same four-part cyclic structure, referencing seasons, cardinal directions, times of day. Each track draws inspiration and source material from the corresponding quadrant of Utopioid, but uses it to tell a different story. It's a more peaceful, primordial listen than its older brother, without vocals or percussion, drawing tension from the interplay of acoustic instruments and washed-out drones. It's great turned up loud, and even better on headphones in the dark.
Sower of Wind was recorded at home in bits and pieces, through late 2017 and 2018. "It was mixed in part on tour, taking advantage of the fertile bed of ideas that comes with long- term close quarters, and the sleeplessness of non-stop transit. It's a labor of love for us — very different from our normal sonic presentation, but equally representative of who we are (and who we're becoming) as a band," Weed comments.
