The first single off the album, "An Index of Air" was released digitally on June 1, 2015.[15] Locrian released a music video directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon for the track "Arc of Extinction" on July 29, 2015, through NPR.[16]
Background
Infinite Dissolution was announced on May 21, 2015, and the press release of the album describes it as a concept record "dealing with the struggle of human extinction."[17]
The album generally received favorable responses from critics and fans alike. Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, rating the album at 8.2 out of 10 and praising the album as being the group's "most adventurous and accessible" album yes from the "once-prohibitively esoteric" group.[19]Consequence of Sound gave the album a B and compared looking into the photo of sculptor David Altmejd's The Eye on the album's cover was like "peering into the world of the album: as mesmerizing as it is disorienting."[20]NPR's Lars Gotrich stated that the trio "is at the height of its holistic metallic powers on Infinite Dissolution."[21]PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars and called the release thoughtful and dynamic and generally praised the release.[22]Exclaim gave the album an 8 out of 10 review ending their review by stating that "Infinite Dissolution is full of haunted love songs between a fallen city and the ghosts that inhabit it; it fills a void that I never knew existed until this unsettling, aching sound poured in."[23]
The album currently has a score of 83 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[24]
Jason Heller of the A.V. Club ranked Infinite Dissolution as his top album of 2015.[25]
^Heller, Jason (December 7, 2015). "Best music of 2015: The ballots". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
