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Front men in heavy metal bands usually hope for a select criteria in which fans praise them – something along the lines of charisma or a dozen scary adjectives bloggers use with abandon: brutal, ferocious, grim, intense, hardcore, mysterious, et cetera, pushed ad naseum. Pyrrhon’s<\/strong> Doug Moore has both charisma and an intimidating presence, live and on record. The first adjective I would use to describe him, however, would be intelligent. <\/p>\n

I received a copy of Growth Without End<\/em> about a month prior to its proper release, and I have listened to it every day since. It’s a logical followup to The Mother of Virtues. <\/em>The band sprints through five tracks, combining the sound they honed on The Mother of Virtues <\/em>with a flair for Botch<\/strong>-esque math I hadn’t heard on their 2014 album. I got a chance to interview Doug regarding Growth Without End<\/em>, all things Pyrrhon related, and a few other odds and ends as well. You can read the interview below in its entirety.<\/p>\n

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Pyrrhon | Growth Without End<\/em> | Handshake, Inc. | June 2nd, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Edward:<\/strong> Hey, how is it going Doug? I’d like to ask the hard question first, if I may. What happened with Relapse Records? I read what looked like an official statement saying Pyrrhon didn’t move enough units there, but is there anything else you can tell us?<\/p>\n

Doug:<\/strong> That’s all there is to say about it, really. The album didn’t sell well enough for Relapse to make money, so they discontinued their contract with us. It happens all the time.<\/p>\n

Edward:<\/strong> Were you familiar with David Hall and Handshake, Inc prior to Pyrrhon getting picked up by him? Great label. Can you tell us anything about what is has been like to work with him so far?<\/p>\n

Doug:<\/strong> Yeah, I’ve been aware of David and Handshake Inc. pretty much since he got started \u2014 I’m a Sulaco<\/strong> fan, and their most recent album was one of Handshake’s first releases. I got to know David personally a few years ago when I covered some of his work for Invisible Oranges<\/strong>. He expressed interest in working with Pyrrhon during the album cycle for The Mother of Virtues<\/em> and put together a video for “Sleeper Agent,” so Handshake was a natural choice for Growth Without End<\/em>.<\/p>\n

David’s been great to work with so far. He’s a one-man shop, which naturally means he has fewer resources at his disposal than a big operation like Relapse, but also means that the label\/artist relationship is much more direct and intimate, especially since we’ve been friendly for a while. I’m kind of anal about how the band is promoted and presented publicly, and David has been very patient with my nitpicky diktats regarding promotional copy and such. He also clearly has a lot of faith in what we’re doing artistically, which is invaluable to us.<\/p>\n