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As part of the Olympia punk scene in the late 1990s, Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo knew how to make the most out of minimalism. Their two-decade about-face as Growing, from aggressive noise veterans to contemporary drone trailblazers, has stretched that rubric into some blissful territory. Formed in 2001, Growing began by taking the essential disembodiment of ambient music andâas their name hintedâfleshing it out. The dense drone sculptures and Earth-like amperage on albums like 2004âs
Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light catered to doom heads and seekers of deep listening alike. Later albums such as