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While’s there’s no getting around the celebrated pedigree of Allston black metallic screamo troupe non-, the four-piece caused quite a stir of their own accord with a series of singles and EPs that thrillingly stretched further and further from the lo-fi black metal classicism of the group’s initial (solo) demo. An album recorded over 5 years ago was teased, and belabored upon, and then subsequently shelved while band principal Jack Whelan tinkered and fretted over their purest musical vision/venture to date while still logging time in various bands around town. As such, non- seemed to slowly drift slowly away from the purview.

Many (myself included) just sorta tallied the now mythic album-to-come as yet another classic Boston album that was never to be, content with the precious recordings that did trickle out during their time together. Cut to last weekend when Whelan tweeted out a Bandcamp link with little fanfare pointing towards a preorder for said album. A stunning turn! We now know that said album is called Gestalt, and there’s already been two songs previewed from it: an updated version of the prior loosie “The Hanged Man” and a recorded version of “Two Archers”, which astute listeners will have heard in an earlier, more embryonic live version. While the future of non- beyond the album remains cloudy, a quick review of the Bandcamp page for the album hints at a possible return in easrnest. We will keep our eyes and ears peeled in the interim.

As for today, Allston Pudding is proud to be premiering non-‘s third (and presumably final) single, “Procession”. While NOT a New Order/Joy Division cover, the track does bear plenty of the latter’s crushing existential dread and white knuckled tension, but, you know, with blast beats. Whelan had this to say about it:

Gestalt is out Friday, August 2nd, and you can preorder a digital copy right here.