The Cliff

The Cliff is the sixth EP by American post-metal band Pelican, released through Southern Lord Records on February 24, 2015. Despite Pelican being a predominantly instrumental band, three of the EP's four tracks feature vocals. The Cliff was released digitally, as a standard 12-inch vinyl, and as an orange vinyl limited to 1,000 copies. Content The Cliff features three altered versions of its title track, which originated from Pelican's 2013 studio album, Forever Becoming. The first of these versions is "The Cliff" with vocals by Allen Epley, who had previously provided his voice on the closing track of Pelican's 2009 album, What We All Come to Need. The second track is a remix by Godflesh frontman and Pelican inspiration Justin Broadrick. Jeremy Ulrey of Metal Injection said about this remix, "Broadrick in particular makes the song his own, stripping out the vocals and leaving behind a skeletal drone that sounds like a dead ringer for his own act, Jesu." The third song is a remix of "The Cliff" by Aaron Harris and Bryant Clifford Meyer of Palms. The EP's closing track is a Pelican original entitled "The Wait".