YOB‘s 2009 outing “The Great Cessation” will get the deluxe treatment on December 08th through Relapse. Newly remastered by Heba Kadry (The Mars Volta, Slowdive), the set also features two bonus tracks (“Blessed By Nothing” & “Pain Like Sugar“.) The band’s vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt commented:
“With ‘The Great Cessation‘, we were revitalized from our break, we just had Aaron join the ranks with the single best new potential member audition (since Travis) and the album basically wrote itself. When we broke up, we played generally to very small crowds in a very small scene.
When we came back, our return was met with a scene that has caught up to what the genre’s best had to offer, and we all of a sudden had opportunities we’d never had before. Hell, we did shows with Electric Wizard, Orange Goblin, High On Fire, that were attended by 50-ish people in the early 2000’s.”
A stream of the remastered version of “Breathing From The Shallows” is available below, while pre-orders for the deluxe set can be found here. Current YOB live dates include:
02/15 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
02/16 Portland, OR – Sabertooth Festival
02/23 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
05/25 Vancouver, BC – Modified Ghost festival
