Portland doom quartet Usnea have announced the full details of their third full-length album entitled Portals Into Futility. Inspired by dystopian science-fiction and the intersection of today's crushing reality, the album is 5 songs and 56 minutes of doom/sludge. Hear Usnea's 10-minute new song "Lathe In Heaven" via YouTube now as an introduction to it.




Portals Into Futility is due out September 8th on CD/2xLP/digital via Relapse Records.

The band commented on the new song: "'Lathe of Heaven' was inspired the eponymous book by Ursula K Le Guin. It is a meditation on the blurred line between cognitive reality and delusion wherein the protagonist can change reality through dreaming. A well-intentioned psychologist attempts to corral that power but ends up creating more chaos and suffering. In the end, human arrogance and greed are shown to be the leading contributors to our own doom."





Tracks:

01. Eidolons and the Increate
02. Lathe of Heaven
03. Demon Haunted World
04. Pyrrhic Victory
05. A Crown of Desolation

Source:	label.relapse.com
Band profile:	Usnea