Earth

Record Store Day, Reissue, Green [Emerald Green].
The one where they slowed down and kept going. 2005, and Dylan Carlson trades in the crushing drone of old Earth for something dustier, twangier—doom reimagined as widescreen Americana. Think Morricone scoring a Cormac McCarthy novel at half-speed. No vocals, no distortion—just endless sustain, decaying chords, and desert air. A landmark in the whole “heavy but quiet” movement. Southern Lord original press? That’s a keeper.