Tusk The Resisting Dreamer vinyl is a limited LP on Tortuga Records featuring three members of Pelican alongside guest vocal contributions from Xasthur, Toby Driver of Kayo Dot, and Evan Patterson of Young Widows, pressed in four colour variants with a total worldwide pressing of 1,500 copies.
Tusk The Resisting Dreamer vinyl: The Collaboration
Tusk draws from the Pelican roster, which places the band in the post-metal and atmospheric metal space that Pelican helped define during the early 2000s. But the guest contributions on this album shift it into territory that the Pelican framing alone doesn’t anticipate. Xasthur brings the density and isolation of American black metal. Toby Driver of Kayo Dot represents the more formally adventurous and compositionally ambitious end of metal’s experimental wing, a musician who operates with a different set of assumptions about what metal can structurally contain. Evan Patterson of Young Widows adds noise-rock and sludge instincts to the mix. The result is four long tracks that move across grind, black metal, and atmospheric metal without settling into any single one for long enough to become predictable.
First Vinyl Pressing and the Four Variants
The album was originally released on CD through Tortuga in November 2007, and this pressing marks its debut on vinyl. The run covers four colour variants: black, blue/black, maroon, and clear blue, with the total worldwide pressing at 1,500 copies across all variants. The packaging is described as unique, which reflects the level of care the collaboration itself received. This is a project that happened once and won’t be repeated, which is part of why the pressing feels specific rather than routine.
For the Post-Metal and Experimental Collector
If you’ve followed Pelican, Kayo Dot, or the atmospheric metal space and haven’t spent time with The Resisting Dreamer, the guest list makes this worth acquiring. Xasthur and Toby Driver on the same record as Pelican members is a specific alignment. 1,500 copies, four variants, first vinyl appearance. The collaboration here happened once and will not be repeated in this form. If you’re a collector working in post-metal, atmospheric metal, or the experimental wing of extreme music more broadly, The Resisting Dreamer is a specific document worth acquiring. The Resisting Dreamer is a project that happened once and won’t be recreated. If you collect in post-metal or experimental metal and want the document of this specific collaboration between former Pelican members, Xasthur, Toby Driver, and Evan Patterson, this is it. 1,500 copies across four colour variants.
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