Earlier this month, home-grown rock 'n' rollers JEFF the Brotherhood blindsided everyone with the announcement of their forthcoming double album Global Chakra Rhythms. Rhythms, due for release on Nov. 13, will land just nine months after the announcement that the psychedelic siblings were severing their ties with Warner Bros. in order to release Wasted on the Dream via their own Infinity Cat Records. Call them stoner rockers all you like, but JTB doesn't dillydally.

Today, we at the Cream are pleased to premiere the Global Chakra Rhythms track "Mary of Silence," a Mazzy Star cover that clocks in at nine-and-a-half minutes. Unlike "Radiating Fiber Planes," the first Rhythms track debuted by JEFF, the band's rendition of "Mary" is heavy, languid and menacing. The up-tempo, snappy groove of "Radiating" is nowhere to be found — instead, it's all ominous tones and stretched-out, sludgy jamming.

"Our cover of 'Mary of Silence' by Mazzy Star was recorded in a thick hash cloud at 3 or 4 in the morning by Colin Dupuis," JEFF frontman Jake Orrall tells the Cream. "Jamin on drums, me on bass and vocals, and Colin on bells and percussion. We did it live in one take. The guitar was overdubbed, also in one take, while I laid on the floor in the middle of the studio because I was too tired to stand up."

Far out. That heavy-eyed, syrupy feel definitely comes through on the recording. Stream "Mary of Silence" via the Soundcloud embed below, and for comparison's sake, hear the original Mazzy Star version here. Pre-orders for Global Chakra Rhythms are sold out, but Infinity Cat tells us that copies of the record will be available to attendees of JEFF's Halloween show at War Memorial Auditorium with Diarrhea Planet. Tickets to that are available here.



