Distribution UK // Shellshock
Distribution EU // Backs
Distribution USA // Stickfigure

1. Intro
2. Pity The Weak
3. A Soul To Bare
4. Lament
5. Last But Not Least
6. The Fall Of Efrafa
7. No Longer Human
 

Release Description:
Fall Of Efrafa are a five piece epic crust/hardcore/post-rock band from Brighton, UK.  Musically their style is reminiscent of bands such as Remains Of The Day, Neurosis, His Hero Is Gone and Envy.  The name is derived from the book ‘Watership Down’ by author Richard Adams.  The concept of the band also adopts the political and mythological imagery as well as the ideologies of the book as the basis of their lyrical outlook and artwork.  The band will release three albums which will be collectively known as ‘The Warren of Snares.’ 

 ‘Owsla’ (which means guardian) was their first album and was released initially by a collective of small crust labels predominately based in Europe.  It is being re-released onto a wider market by SD.  The theme of the debut album adopts a harsh view of humanity, and reflects the bands unanimous atheist vegan lifestyle. Whilst ‘Owsla’ was written the band featured a cellist, who left after the recording of the album.

The SD version also features the track 'No Longer Human' which was originally recorded for a split with emotive-crust band Down To Agony.

Format: CD (LP also available soon)

Packaging: 4-panel recycled card wallet with 8-page booklet

Pressing: 500

Availability: Coming Soon


Press:

Crucial Blast
There have been alot of bands that have combined the apocalyptic orchestral visions of Godspeed You Black Emperor and combined them with the thunder of crusty hardcore - right off of the top of my head, I can think of Remains Of The Day and Requiem as two bands that have pulled this particular style pretty well - but I can't think of anyone that has brought together gloomy instrumental music, rampaging dark hardcore, and endtime doominess together with such an unstoppable catchiness as Fall Of Efrafa. These guys are another band that I recently stumbled across while dredging through the internet, and I was pretty amazed by the songs that I heard on their label's site from their latest album Elil...super melodic, with speedy punk riffs that bordered on NOFX-level poppiness, but that catchiness juxtaposed against eerie piano driven passages that drip melancholy, slooow, crushing doom riffs, tons of brutally heavy D-beat powered hardcore a la Tragedy and His Hero Is Gone, and haunting strains of cello. In addition, Fall Of Efrafa surround their music with imagery and mythology that draws from Richard Adam's classic rabbit-society fantasy Watership Down, using elements from the story to create a metaphor for their anarchic, animal-rights focused lyrics. Pretty interesting stuff that I definitely got into, already being a fan of Adam's book and, well, of rabbits in general. I ended up loving Elil (which is also listed in this week's update), and was also able to get the band's first album Owsla, but it's just about out of print and I was only able to get a handful of copies for Crucial Blast. This disc is the first in their trilogy of albums called "The Warren Of Snares", and has five lengthy jams of melodic, speedy crustcore and infectious melodies, pummeling dirgey hardcore, tribal drumming and crawling doom, dark post-rock instrumentals and mournful cellos, like hearing His Hero Is Gone, Godspeed You Black Emperor, and Neurosis performing together beneath a fiery bloodred sky, super heavy and amazingly catchy and atmospheric. Highly recommended. Comes in a cool 4-panel chipboard gatefold jacket with a six page B&W insert booklet.