2012 studio album (split) by JK Flesh & Prurient
Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination Released December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11 ) Genre Length 34 :05 54 :19 (Japanese release) Label Hydra Head (HH666–236 )
Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination is a split album between experimental musicians Dominic Fernow under the pseudonym Prurient and Justin Broadrick (of Godflesh and Jesu ) under the pseudonym JK Flesh .[1] Released on vinyl on December 11, 2012, Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination was the final release of new material by Hydra Head Records ,[2] the label founded by former Isis member Aaron Turner .
Critical reception [ ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Fact [3] Pitchfork [4]
Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination received positive reviews. Maya Kalev of Fact wrote that the album was a triumphal and fitting end to the Hydra Head label.[3] Pitchfork writer Grayson Currin said, "These six tracks provide heaviness in a half-dozen different ways, a functional and fitting elegy for an imprint that achieved that mission with enviable consistency."[4]
Track listing [ ]
All music is composed by JK Flesh .
1. "Fear of Fear" 5:20 2. "Deceiver" 5:35 3. "Obedient Automaton" 5:26 Total length: 16:21
All music is composed by Prurient .
4. "Chosen Books" 5:52 5. "Entering the Water" 4:34 6. "I Understand You" 7:18 Total length: 17:44 (34:05)
7. "Mundanity of Suspended Anxiety" (Prurient remix) Aaron Turner 7:00 8. "JK Flesh Merges Prurient 1" 5:22 9. "JK Flesh Merges Prurient 2" 7:52 Total length: 20:14 (54:19)
Notes [ ]
The US digital release of Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination puts track 7 as track 9 and displaces the others up.[6]
References [ ]
^ Heller, Jason; Semley, John (December 5, 2012). "Loud: New releases from Graveyard, Bell Witch, Diagonal, and more" . The A.V. Club . The Onion . Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
^ "Listen: Prurient On Blackest Ever Black" . The Quietus . November 6, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
^ Jump up to: a b Kalev, Maya (January 16, 2013). "Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination" . Fact . The Vinyl Factory . Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
^ Jump up to: a b Currin, Grayson (December 12, 2012). "JK Flesh / Prurient: Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination" . Pitchfork . Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
^ "Japanese Daymare Discogs entry" . discogs.com . Discogs . Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
^ "Digital Discogs entry" . discogs.com . Discogs . Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
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