After several years of silence, the legendary Sonoran drone rock group The Myrrors has returned with a striking new release. Founding members N.R. Safi and Grant Beyschau, joined by viola player Miguel Urbina, reconvened in their desert hometown in late 2021 for an intensive week of improvisation and recording. The sessions produced material intended as the direct successor to their sweeping 2018 album Borderlands, but its release was delayed by years of global upheaval. Now, the music arrives with themes that feel even more urgent, opening with the driving “Breakthrough” and surging into the politically charged “Land Back,” channeling the band’s raw energy into an unmistakable call for resistance.
While this album burns with a sharper revolutionary edge, The Myrrors retain the hypnotic blend of minimalism, spiritual jazz, and raga that has long defined their sound. Land Back deepens these influences, particularly through Beyschau’s saxophone, transformed via vintage tape delay techniques inspired by Terry Riley into dense, shifting layers that evoke the richness of a full ensemble. This approach reaches a climax in “Bakú a Bandung,” a trance-like tribute to anti-imperialist movements across the globe. With its pulsing basslines and swirling instrumentals, the track embodies a defiant, unyielding spirit—one that echoes both the band’s artistic vision and the enduring power of resistance.
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