The Planets [Star Death LP]

Ivan The Tolerable is the solo guise of UK multi-instrumentalist Oli Heffernan, and The Planets marks his return to Riot Season with an uneasy, modern reworking of Gustav Holst's orchestral suite. The symphonic grandeur is swapped for splintering analog synths, close-walled tape loops and the jittery pulse of kosmische and noise. Recorded alone by Heffernan, it turns Holst's cosmic portraits back toward a troubled Earth, from an industrial-edged "Mars" to a hollow, melancholy "Jupiter," moving between meditative calm and sudden bursts of static.

Limited to 300 copies on "Star Death" colored vinyl, with an insert, polylined inner sleeve and hype sticker.

Track listing

A1. Mercury Or The Golden Messenger
A2. Venus Or The Harmony Principle
A3. Earth Or The Perfect Miracle
A4. Mars Or The Lesser Malefic
B1. Jupiter Or The Guardian & Protector
B2. Saturn Or The Bringer Of Obstacles
B3. Uranus Or The Mother Of The Sky
B4. Neptune Or The Universal Truth
B5. Pluto Or The Great Renewer