Saturn Devouring His Sun

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Release Date: 2021-03-03

Label: Aphorism Recordings

https://bluesoul1.bandcamp.com/album/saturn-devouring-his-sun

The title plays on the symbolism of the Goya painting Saturn Devouring His Son, in which the god of prosperity and time is eating his offspring for fear of losing power. In this abstract reinterpretation the authoritative Saturn is consuming the gravitational center of the solar system, the primary source of light. Saturn is the cancerous consumerism that drives humanity to a cliff's edge with the myths of infinite resources, infinite growth, and happiness through conspicuous consumption. Saturn is a narcissistic power consuming it’s own false narratives in order to sustain itself. Acid lovers, beat junkies, and critical theorists, here is a small feast.

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