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    BROTHER GRIM

    Mar 29, 2022 4 minutes
    Interview: Joel McIver

    Troy Sanders …

    “Hushed And Grim is six years’ worth of albums for us, because we release an album every three years”

    The concept of the double album has always been suspect. How many truly great double LPs can you name? Songs In The Key Of Life, Electric Ladyland, ‘The White Album’ perhaps, but beyond those, you’re stepping into “Why not take the best 10 songs and make it a single album?” territory.

    However, the double album’s murky history hasn’t deterred the Atlanta metal quartet Mastodon from the format, with their new one, Hushed And Grim, extending to 15 cuts. Fortunately, when we meet bassist Troy Sanders, he knows exactly what the pitfalls of a double entail.

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