As we reported back in February, Chicago metal heroes Sanford Park (Minsk, Nachtmystium, Twilight) and Jeremy Lemos (White/Light) have united with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Ministry/Revolting Cocks vocalist Chris Connelly to form the group High Confessions.

The noise-rocker’s debut album Turning Lead Into Gold with the High Confessions is now available for streaming via Stereogum.com.

Per Stereogum:
The 5-song/50-minute collection’s a slow-release patchwork of dark clattering tones, drum rolls, drone, outbursts, noise-rock, shades of Current 93, weird industrial chatter. The old-school post-rock opener “Mistaken For Cops” is a scene-establishing intro that makes way for the four challenging, satisfying 10 minute epics that follow it.

Slow is the key word in the above paragraph. Turning Lead Into Gold is full of slow-building atmospheric noise rock with Shelley’s drums surfacing as the main course as they thud like bricks hitting a wooden floor. No track exemplifies that better than “Dead Tenements.” High Confessions move into more melodious and psychedelic territory with the closing track “Chlorine and Crystal” while still maintaining a slow and steady rhythm.

Turning Lead Into Gold with the High Confessions was released by Relapse Records on July 20. So, if you haven’t done so already, stream the album and then pick it up.