Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination

Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination
Studio album (split) by
JK Flesh & Prurient
ReleasedDecember 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
Genre
Length
  • 34:05
  • 54:19 (Japanese release)
LabelHydra Head (HH666–236)
JK Flesh chronology
Posthuman
(2012) 		Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination
(2012) 		Nothing Is Free
(2015)
Prurient chronology
Wrapped in the Flame of Illusion, Masked in the Clay of Behavior
(2012) 		Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination
(2012) 		Through the Window
(2013)

Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination is a split album between experimental musicians Dominick Fernow under the pseudonym Prurient and Justin Broadrick (of Godflesh and Jesu) under the pseudonym JK Flesh.[1] Released on vinyl on December 11, 2012, Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination was the final release of new material by Hydra Head Records, the label founded by former Isis member Aaron Turner, during its existence as a full-time label.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Fact[3]
Pitchfork[4]

Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination received positive reviews. Maya Kalev of Fact wrote that the album was a triumphal and fitting end to the Hydra Head label.[3] Pitchfork writer Grayson Currin said, "These six tracks provide heaviness in a half-dozen different ways, a functional and fitting elegy for an imprint that achieved that mission with enviable consistency."[4]

Track listing

All music is composed by JK Flesh

No.TitleLength
1."Fear of Fear"5:20
2."Deceiver"5:35
3."Obedient Automaton"5:26
Total length:16:21

All music is composed by Prurient

No.TitleLength
4."Chosen Books"5:52
5."Entering the Water"4:34
6."I Understand You"7:18
Total length:17:44 (34:05)
Digital and Japanese bonus tracks[5]
No.TitleWriterLength
7."Mundanity of Suspended Anxiety" (Prurient remix)Aaron Turner7:00
8."JK Flesh Merges Prurient 1" 5:22
9."JK Flesh Merges Prurient 2" 7:52
Total length:20:14 (54:19)

Notes

  • The US digital release of Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination puts track 7 as track 9 and displaces the others up.[6]

References

  1. ^ Heller, Jason; Semley, John (December 5, 2012). "Loud: New releases from Graveyard, Bell Witch, Diagonal, and more". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Listen: Prurient On Blackest Ever Black". The Quietus. November 6, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Kalev, Maya (January 16, 2013). "Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Currin, Grayson (December 12, 2012). "JK Flesh / Prurient: Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "Japanese Daymare Discogs entry". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Digital Discogs entry". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2017.