Now Available:
Jesu - Conqueror 2xLP + T-Shirt / Bundle
Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire LP, CD, CS + T-Shirt, Hoodie 
GODFLESH - Decline & Fall CS

Get your Justin K Broadrick fix and grab those limited vinyl colors and cassettes before it's too late!
LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH!

HYH-079-1
JESU - s/t
2xLP
Release Date: October 25th, 2011
Pre-Order starting September 28th

1000 pcs on black, brown, or clear gold vinyl. Repress.

In 2007 Hydra Head bought some equipment for Jesu to use on their 2007 US Lifeline tour. This Marshall JCM 800 has been sitting in the hallway of Hydra Headquarters since Jesu dropped it off (along with a quarter-full tequila bottle, a beer, and a cardboard sign that read "Jesu needs weed, will trade for merch").

JKB and JCM at CMJ 2007

JCM making a grilled cheese.

JCM drinking JESU's leftover tequila (and peppers).

JCM passed out because it's a lightweight (you try drinking 4 ounces of the spiciest tequila ever tasted when you only weigh 41 pounds)

JCM reading on the john

JCM signing Lifeline posters (clinging on to the glory days)

JCM skating out front of HHQ.

JCM busting a sick kickflip.

The amp is fun to have around, making grilled cheeses, getting tanked, and skating out front, but it is time for it to get out in the world and back to work. It has been coasting on having been on tour with Jesu for almost 4 years now.

If you want to give it a good home, check out the ebay page here.

For you Apple iTunes acolytes who have pounced on Ping, Jesu is on there and actually using it very well.

In probably the best use of it we have seen, Justin Broadrick has been compiling a playlist (currently 56 songs) of music that has influenced Jesu. From Cocteau Twins to The Monkees, it is an eclectic and occasionally surprising mix.

If you use Ping, follow Jesu and even if you don't, check out the playlist. Looks like he will keep adding to it, too.



Jesu releases are available in the Hydra Head shop, Hydra Head Download store, Amazon, iTunes and wherever else you buy good music.

Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned

2xCD / 2xLP / Shirt now available for pre-order

Release Date: November 16th, 2010

There are few artists operative at the fringes of popular music today whose sound has not been in some way or another informed or shaped by the works of Justin K Broadrick. As a founding member or sole proprietor of seminal outfits such as Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, and Final, Broadrick has managed to help change or even define the now widespread genres of industrial and death metal, abstracted hip hop and dub, grindcore, and ambient electronics. So is also the case with his work in Jesu, who in the course of a very productive seven year existence have taken the churning pummel of his former project Godflesh, augmented it with the textural melody of 90s shoegaze rock and spawned a new sub-genre and the inevitable legions of imitators. And while imitators may abound, as the originator of this relatively newfound musical territory Jesu is still the clearly visible leader.

For those who may only be vaguely familiar with the history and subsequent trajectory of Jesu the re-release of the debut EP, Heart Ache, may function as the most suitable starting place for the process of initial immersion and discovery. Over the span of two towering 20 minute tracks one can hear not only the smoldering remnants of Godflesh embedded in the aural tapestry, but also the foundational elements that would define the future of the Jesu lexicon - extended and hypnotic structures, overlapping multi-layered melodies, alternately harsh/beautiful sonic embellishments and a palpable sense of the human capacity to express feeling through the mode of song craft. While Heart Ache itself may be reason enough to warrant investigation by the uninitiated, the inclusion of the recently completed Dethroned EP as a part of this release gives further reason for new listeners and long time devotees to discover (or remember) why so many accolades lay heaped at the altar of Jesu. The 4 tracks from Dethroned were originally conceived and partially finished in 2004, but were only finally completed in 2010. Perhaps due to the length of time over which these tracks were created the full evolution of Jesu is apparent within their structures, fluctuating from suffocatingly heavy to delicately sparse and covering an emotional spectrum of considerable depth. While "full circle" might not be quite the appropriate term to describe the content of Dethroned there is a completeness to its statement, recalling the monuments of Jesu past while simultaneously pointing towards the ever widening path of its future.

TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE: heart ache
01 heart ache [19:42]
02 ruined [20:14]

DISC TWO: dethroned
01 dethroned [07:12]
02 annul [07:16]
03 aureated skin [06:46]
04 i can only disappoint you [07:09]

Also available from Jesu / Hydra Head

Jesu - s/t CD, MP3	Jesu - Silver CD, MP3	Jesu - Conqueror CD, MP3
Jesu - Lifeline CD, 12", MP3	Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect CD, MP3	Jesu / Envy - split CD

I was introduced to Jesu when they released Conqueror in 2007, and I was immediately sucked into the hazy, heavy-but-spacious ambience. The simple melodicism of Justin Broadrick’s vocals set atop gorgeously brutal stoner-metal is surprisingly accessible. Jesu knows how to properly craft an elegant pop hook and launch it into the great beyond with sheer metal destruction and patient, patient songwriting. The actual guitar parts are not overly complicated, and they allow plenty of room for Broadrick’s soft and inviting voice, but the aesthetic and execution are crushing. I can think of several bands that attempt to mesh pop simplicity with the sonics of metal, but very few actually succeed at capturing the essence of both, and none so well as Jesu.

Broadrick continues to plunge into new waters with his recent forays into electronica, and he shows no sign of slowing down. In our interview, he talks about an upcoming split, an upcoming full-length, and his experience at Primavera.

READ MORE

Envy / Jesu 

Release and Stream "Split" Out Now on Hydra Head!

Stream Envy / Jesu "Split" here!

Hydra Head proudly presents the official North American edition of Envy / Jesu's split release, out now on CD and in the fall on 2x10." Originally available exclusively via our pals from the land o' the rising sun, Daymare Recordings, this release features brand new tracks from both bands. Our boy JKB does his good deed for the day and unloads a whole pile of beats up on this piece, while Japan's Envy balance the scales with a smoothness we never knew they had up in 'em. Nice.

You can listen to the entire record streaming via Hydra Head's very fancy media player linked up above. In case we missed something, here's what our favorite Japanese counterpart had to say about this release:

説明的なテキスト: 

日本からの最も有能な、最も受け入れられた生きている行為の1つは、羨望決してずっと重い postrockの宣誓の感情的に不安定な経路を残していないが、再度それらはそれを、コアそれに除 去した音をであるずっと叙事詩の本質開けている. 常に熱情的、耐久性がある、ほとんどの動機上 の製品は非現実的な期待を作成するが、霧で盲目にとどまる. この3つの歌は前のクラシックより さらにもっと多様である. 単に優雅、およびまだ精力的; 音楽的に暗黒面の原因となる無慈悲な部 分を運ぶ後本格的なギターの塵の厚い雲を通って深く、さまよう. 

JESUの首謀者ジャスティンK. Broadrickは2008年5月までの1月からなだれで新たにこれら二つの トラックを書き、記録し、混合し、そして作り出した. 音楽的に、それはダビングのステップからの非 常に冒険的、より多くの影響音によって方向づけられる音である. この新しい平板で彼は downtempoのheavynessの旋律のツイスト破裂音の要素を組み込む、 硬直した織り目加工の容器 を作成することは冷たいtechnoの戯曲のミニマリズムによって酔わせた. JESUは永遠、現代日の flymachineである、けれども決して一時的な視力を失う酒造機の感じにしがみつかない。 

ENVY 

1. 存在の結論 (5:08) 

2. の結論。 (6:26) 

3. の生命の冬の探求は雨でつかまえた (4:27) 

JESU 

4. 懸命に達するため (13.40) 

5. あなたの上でハングする星 (7:37) 

* Stay tuned for news on the debut full length from Justin Broadrick's new project, GREY MACHINE (also featuring Isis frontman Aaron Turner), coming soon!