Russian Circles - Memorial Artist_富岡多恵子 Tomioka Taeko In the wake of Dilla’s

In the wake of Dilla’s passing

funk fusion

classic noise rock such as The Jesus Lizard or Shellac

selling over 1 million copies at the time of its release

Russian Circles - Memorial Artist_富岡多恵子 Tomioka Taeko In the wake of Dilla’sPerhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial, is its wide range of emotion. Vacillating from somber yet soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, Memorial sounds like an album with split personalities. "We've always tried to balance our metal influenced sounds with more nuanced, pretty, orchestral elements," Cook says. "But this time, it's far more polarized in that the