The first of only a handful of official releases from this often bootlegged Japanese psych powerhouse, '77 Live captures eveyrthing that made Les Rallizes Denudes so fascinating and so cool. The seven tracks all sprawl out with minimal post-Velvet Underground rock structures and noisy guitar scawl, recorded in such low fidelity even listeners with the most abrasive tastes might wonder if there's something wrong with the stereo.
Fortitude is a fitting, welcome follow-up to 2016's Magma and a brave new chapter in Gojira's continuing musical evolution as they weave old sounds with new ones in creating a sonic tapestry that showcases startling imagination, thought-provoking musical and human intelligence, complex emotions, and immense physical power.
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