Thursday, September 28, 2017

MORE EAZE (composer Marcus Rubio) streaming new album early, feat. guests Slug Christ, Thor Harris, Dane Rousay


Austin, TX composer and producer More Eaze (aka Marcus Rubio) is streaming his forthcoming new album ahead of release today via The Spill Magazine. Hear & share bodiezNc0de HERE. (Direct Soundlcoud).

bodiezNc0de, the latest album from prolific performer, composer & producer More Eaze, is a combination of pop-oriented songwriting, process/generative compositional techniques and careful production. Simultaneously guarded & open, More Eaze’s personal lyrics address subjects as varied as the abstraction of the body, the resilience of forms and even the political disagreements between parents & their children. The music mirrors the subject matter, its emotive melodies complemented with warm strings, rhythms both languid & insistent, juxtaposed with & sometimes broken up by a variety of electronic jabs & waves. Performers on the album include Slug Christ (on “i don’t care”), Thor Harris, Dane Rousay and more. Recorded by Marcus in his home as well as at Estuary Recording Facility (Austin TX) with Evan Kaspar.

Marcus Rubio says about the release, “bodiezNc0de is one of the most personal releases I’ve made so far in many ways but it is also the first More Eaze release to feature a pretty big list of collaborators and performers. A good bulk of the album grew from a solo laptop/guitar/violin set I was performing pretty regularly and then eventually brought to a band. In many ways, it is an attempt to illustrate my belief that no piece of music is 'fixed' and to create songs that rely equally on structure and chaos allowing forms to emerge gradually. I was particularly excited to work with Slug Christ and Thor Harris on some of these tracks because their music has a similar dichotomy to it and both of them made essential contributions to the record. Both of their work also deals with anxiety, sadness, and humor in a way that strongly impacted much of the record’s atmosphere.” 

bodiezNc0de will be available on cassette, CD and download on September 29th via Self-Sabotage Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.


Artist: More Eaze
Album: bodiezNc0de
Label: Self-Sabotage Records
Release date: September 29th, 2017

01. bodiezNc0de
02. (overturd)
03. Spin the Knife
04. (Trapped)
05. I Don't Care (feat. Slug Christ)
06. Chain Emailz
07. Numb

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Extreme heavy psych band DEADSMOKE stream entire album ahead of release at CvltNation


"Formidable tones and riffs." -- The Obelisk

"An instant masterpiece of the genre. Being more on the sludge side of the doom spectrum allows for a certain memorable catchiness a la Melvins and Negative Reaction while fully embracing the crushing power of Electric Wizard and Sleep. It’s 100% right on without a single misstep." -- The Big Takeover


Italian dark heavy psych band Deadsmoke are streaming their forthcoming album in its entirety ahead of release starting today at CvltNation. Hear the monstrous and epic Mountain Legacy HERE. (Direct Soundcloud)

Mountain Legacy is an album exploring something fundamental to humanity: ISOLATION. The illusion of silence, which is a natural non-existing concept, is perfectly described by synthesized sounds and noises of the newly acquired band member Claudio Rocchetti (In Zaire). These sounds are missing on the first self-titled release of Deadsmoke, so now the old tracks have been enriched and new ones have been composed providing a consistent psych-disturbed synthesized sound. Six brand new tracks featuring deep guitar fuzz and growling bass take the listener on a journey through the woods, alternating lightly groovy rhythms with sludge-doom cadences. 

The album was recorded live by Fabio at NoLogo, a studio located near Bolzano and surrounded by nature and a cemetery. This location and the inspiring recording room, fully covered in wood, carpets and soft lights, made it possible to arrange the recording as a sort of inspired jamming session, providing feelings of isolation, freedom and nothingness. Everybody experiencing isolation and solitude on the mountain knows that the mind is constantly speaking. With a language made of noises. And the mountain itself is speaking. With a language made of slow, deep, grating, growling movements. This is what we try to represent with this album: a translation of how isolation can be felt. This is a precious legacy. The legacy of the previous album, the legacy of the mountain. 

Mountain Legacy will be available on LP and download on September 29th, 2017 via Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.


Artist: Deadsmoke
Album: Mountain Legacy
Record Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Release Date: September 29th, 2017

01. Malevolent Path
02. Endless Cave 
03. Hiss of the Witch
04. Emperor of Shame
05. Wolfcurse
06. Forest of the Damned
07. Mountain Legacy












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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

L.A. post-thrashers FACIAL stream album in full early, play hometown album release tonight


"Post-thrashers Facial peel away the pretense with the album's lead single, 'Animals.'" -- Consequence of Sound

"A seething post-punk missile fired across the bow of your comfort zone. Punch something if you must." -- Buzzbands.LA


Los Angeles trio FACIAL are streaming their forthcoming sophomore album Facade ahead of release starting today via Punktastic. Hear and share Facade HERE. (Soundcloud). 

The band also plays a hometown album release show tonight at The Echo in Los Angeles to kick off West Coast tour dates into October. Please see all dates below. 

Watch and share the chaotic antics of the "Black Noise" video via Treble HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Consequence of Sound recently launched lead single "Animals" HEREBuzzbands.LA premiered the song "Black Noise" HERE. CultureCreature shared "Go Away" HERE. Glide Magazine hosted "Disappointment" HERE

On Facial's new record Facade, the band takes a look at their city (Los Angeles), their country (U.S.A.), and within themselves, to see what kind of ugly truths lie behind the front. Inside of all of us there are things that we try very hard to conceal: animal urges, selfishness, anger, hate, envy, violence, sexuality. We push them down and paint an alternate reality on the surface: happy, caring, altruistic, confident, peaceful, benevolent. But when the discrepancy between facade and reality becomes too great, we are forced to confront the facade and to question the fabricated surface realities fed to us all.

The music on this record cuts, churns, and moves. It bombards the listener, as if in attempt to disarm the defenses that we use to protect ourselves from these uncomfortable truths. Perhaps facades are necessary in certain scenarios; little white lies. We do not want to expose our weakness. We do not want to appear scared. An outward appearance must be maintained. But at some point, one must come up for air. We can't hide forever. One day we will have to unmask. 

Facade will be available on LP and download on September 29th via Chain Letter Collective. Pre-orders are available for digital at iTunes and vinyl HERE

FACIAL LIVE:
09/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
09/28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Eagle
09/29 - Eugene, OR @ Black Forest
10/01 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
10/02 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
10/03 - Portland, OR @ Liquor Store
10/04 - Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
10/05 - Bend, OR @ Spoken Moto
10/14 - Tijuana, MX @ Mous Tache
10/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi-Hat
10/19 - Long Beach, CA @ The Prospector
10/22 - San Diego, CA @ Blonde Bar
11/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon


Artist: FACIAL
Album: Facade
Record Label: Chain Letter Collective
Release Date: September 29th, 2017

01. Black Noise
02. Hakeem
03. Animals
04. Fiend
05. Fashion Show
06. Unknown
07. Disappointment
08. Carrying The Load
09. Halitosis
10. Zero Sum
11. Go Away

Nebula to reissue 'Let it Burn', 'To The Center' & 'Dos EPs' on Heavy Psych Sounds



Heavy Psych Sounds is proud to announce it will work with California fuzz/psych legends Nebula to reissue three of the band's most landmark offerings. Originally released in 1998, 1999 and 2002, respectively, Let it BurnTo the Center and Dos EPs comprise an essential trilogy for worshipers of riffs and heavy desert rock, and will be made available early in 2018 as special editions to mark the 20th anniversary of the band.

When guitarist/vocalist Eddie Glass joined forces with bassist Mark Abshire and drummer Ruben Romano -- both previously of Fu Manchu -- they found magic together and no one before and no other band since has been able to capture that sound in the same way, though plenty have tried. With Let it Burn, they established a place for themselves between druggy psych and forward-driving fuzz rock, and as they moved through the subsequent Sun Creature EP, their split with Sweden's Lowrider and the To the Center full-length the next year, they only grew, progressed and refined this approach into something all the more their own.

The two short releases were later compiled as Dos EPs, and the flow contained there is no less pivotal than either Let it Burn or To the Center. Working exclusively in cooperation with the original members of Nebula, Heavy Psych Sounds will release Let it Burn, To the Center and Dos EPs in January, February and March, 2018 in vinyl, limited vinyl, CD and digital editions, each containing bonus material, extra songs and more.

Says Gabriele Fiori of Heavy Psych Sounds on working with Nebula: "It is an honor to have Eddie, Mark and Ruben come together to stand behind these three issues. These records are classics and have had a huge influence on me and an entire generation of artists and I can't wait to get them back out there for people to dig into all over again!"

Preorders begin Oct. 13, 2017. Distribution will be through Heavy Psych Sounds, Forced Exposure (US), Cargo Records (DE, UK), Clearspot (Benelux), Goodfellas (World), iTunes, Spotify, etc.

Nebula have announced 2018 live dates with the lineup of Eddie Glass, bassist Tom Davies and drummer Mike Amster (Blaak Heat, Abrams), including stops at Desertfest London and Berlin with more to follow.


For more information, visit www.heavypsychsounds.com 





Tuesday, September 26, 2017

90s-aughts punk-blues band The Crack Pipes share remastered songs from 'Beauty School' 1st time on vinyl release


"Riding a uniquely punkified take on blues and soul, the Crack Pipes ruled Austin’s garage rock scene at the turn of the millennium. Beauty School remains the locals’ most ambitious and varied LP." -- Austin Chronicle

"A jangly, soulful and catchy song with a heavy dose of grit and tender emotion, reminiscent of the likes of The Oblivians or The Dirtbombs." -- Treble


Austin, TX '90s-aughts era punk-blues band The Crack Pipes announce the first-ever release of their 2005 landmark album Beauty School on vinyl with a trio of song premieres from the vinyl remaster. Austin Chronicle shares the lyrically pertinent protest song "Q & A" along with an insightful Q & A with bandleader Ray Colgan HERE (direct Soundcloud). Punktastic premieres "Needy Greedy" HERE (Soundcloud). And, TrebleZine showcases the album's poppier side with "Rewind My Mind" HERE. (Soundcloud)

Beauty School was the third full length release of Austin garage soul band The Crack Pipes and their second release on local Austin label Emperor Jones (ran by Craig Stewart). The band looked at this project as a moment to grow beyond their early 2000s garage roots and explore both more pop arrangements and experimental pieces. It is a loose concept record opening with the title track "Beauty School" which puts forward the concept that one has to teach themselves to find the beauty in a world filled with ugliness. The album ends with an instrumental reprise and birdsong. 12 years later, many of the issues touched upon still seem as relevant as ever from war and poverty in "Q & A" to racial strife in "Greensboro", but the messages of hope and love are also still relevant if not timeless. 

Now, for the first time ever, Beauty School is being made available as a 2xLP record. It features new cover art and has been meticulously remastered by the original audio master engineer, Jerry Tubb of Terra Nova Mastering. The original recording took place in 2004 at the first Sweatbox Studio in downtown Austin, engineered by Mike Vasquez. The sessions were produced by The Crack Pipes and Chad Nichols. 

Beauty School features the core members of The Crack Pipes - Ray Colgan (credited as Ray Pride - vocals, harmonica), Mike Corwin (drums, synthesizers), Billy Steve Korpi (guitars), Nick Moulos (bass), and Coby Cardosa (keyboards and percussion). 

Featured guest artists include J. R. Keyton (of The Transgressors - bottleneck guitar), Chad Nichols (of Enduro, The Damn Times, The Transgressors - percussion, backing vocals), Mike Vasquez (of Sweatbox Studios - horns), Ralph E. White (of The Bad Livers and solo - fiddle, kalimba), Laura B. Krause (of Knife in the Water - backing vocals), Chris Black (of Shoulders, Golden Arm Trio - contrabass, string arrangements and performance), Jeff Johnston (of Lil' Cap'n Travis, Ramsay Midwood - autoharp), and Esme Barrera and Laureta Michelle Huit (beloved scenesters - backing vocals). 

The Crack Pipes will soon be recording for a 2018 release to be issued on local label Super Secret Records in a limited edition. File under "Garage Rock", "Soul", "Funk", "Psychedelic". For more information, see Sonic Surgery Records section at Super Secret Records website. 

THE CRACK PIPES LIVE:
09/30 Austin, TX @ The Grackle - album release party



Artist: The Crack Pipes
Album: Beauty School
Record Label: Sonic Surgery Records / Super Secret Records
Release Date: September 29th, 2017

01. Beauty School
02. Sexy Pepsy
03. Reflections In a Bad Light
04. Needy Greedy
05. Rewind My Mind
06. Let My Heart (Rest in Piece)
07. Q & A
08. Make-Out Party
09. Guerilla Haircuts
10. East Side Injections
11. I Was So Worried About You
12. Greensboro
13. Beauty School (Reprise)


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MONOLORD streaming entire forthcoming album ahead of release via Metal Sucks

"Universally beloved... Swedish doom royalty." -- Noisey

"A truly modern sound: recognizably doom, but with glistening production values and adventurous songcraft." -- Consequence of Sound 

"The Platonic Form of doom...perfection... faultless." -- Echoes & Dust

"Hugely accessible without having sacrificed their crushing heaviness." -- Metal Hammer

"Monolord's records have only gotten heavier, and now the band has taken a turn for the catchy (yet still crushing)." -- Metal Injection

"Rust is perfect; it’s as fuzzed out as any of the genre’s great records, but the mix is clean and even, allowing the drums and vocals to cut through. Most importantly, there are songs aplenty: you’ll be humming the riffs and vocal hooks immediately." -- Metal Sucks



Gothenburg, Sweden trio Monolord are streaming their highly anticipated third album Rust ahead of release starting today via Metal Sucks. The album, which has received universal praise in early reviews, is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct YouTube and Bandcamp.)

Monolord is a rare breed: A band both encompassing and transcending genre; a vortex of heavy rock density that consumes all others. Their thunderous, tuneful heft has built a rabid international fanbase in short order since their 2014 debut. But Rust, the band's third full length, truly exemplifies why some refer to them as the Nirvana of doom.

Monolord's enveloping, syrupy sludge is a vibe, it's a state of mind. Not riffs for riffs sake, but a collective buzzing, rattling and rumbling that's more total environment than collection of songs. Together, guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems and bassist Mika Häkki create a massive, dynamic sound with ultra-low frequencies serving as its fourth member. 

"We've always been inspired by great band musicians - as opposed to technical solo peacocks," Willems says. "Because that force of a band really playing together as one single unit is incomparable. At its best, it's just unstoppable." And, Monolord is truly unstoppable, on record and on stage. "A heavy groove that contains both bombastic overkill and a lot of dynamics is what we always aim for in Monolord; in playing, in song writing and arranging, in recording," Willems says.

Album opener "Where Death Meets the Sea" perfectly exemplifies their mastery of dynamics and hooks with a driving, infectious buzzsaw riff that lesser bands would ride off into the sunset, but Monolord uses subtly to spur the song's skull rattling rhythmic core ever onward. Jäger's watery vocals glide over ominously building verses that erupt with the song's insistent refrain. Being such a tight rhythmic unit, it sounds almost like an early ZZ Top record played at half speed. "Dear Lucifer" squeals and hums with slow deliberation as Willems summons Dale Crover pummel with chasm like low-tuned toms and syncopated cymbal crashes. The album's title track is also its centerpiece, opening with a dramatic, shimmering Hammond organ intro as Jäger sings, "you are the reason that I lied/ You are the reason that I cried/ Please don't wait until tomorrow/ There's only pain, hate, grief and sorrow." Suddenly, the band kicks in with a bellowing line downtuned to B that nosedives down the guitar neck as the drums hammer down for the kill. Elsewhere, tastefully understated guitar harmonies elevate the behemoth churn of "Wormland" and apocalyptic album closer "At Niceae" simmers in a slow build of rumbling guitars and rolling drum triplets.

Monolord formed in 2013, quickly recording their 2xLP debut Empress Rising, which RidingEasy Records released in April 1st, 2014. The second album, Vænir, followed April 28th, 2015. The 2-song Lord of Suffering / Die in Haze EP was issued in late 2016 amid the band's relentless touring schedule in order to tide fans over until the next full length. Vænir landed on countless Album of the Year lists in 2015, and Rust is poised to open an entirely new range of possibilities for Monolord. 

Rust will be available on LP, CD and download on September 29th, 2017 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available at RidingEasy and Bandcamp


Artist: Monolord
Album: Rust
Label: RidingEasy Records
Release Date: September 29th, 2017

01. Where Death Meets The Sea
02. Dear Lucifer
03. Rust
04. Wormland
05.Forgotten Lands
06. At Niceae














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Monday, September 25, 2017

Hear rare '60s pre-metal single by Captain Foam from 'Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip' compilation, out on Halloween 2017


"So rare that diehard fuzz junkies say you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding a physical 45 rpm single by one of the bands featured on their latest installment." -- Dangerous Minds

"A great distillation of what the underground was capable of back in the day, and still feels as fresh and poignant now." -- Clrvynt


The forthcoming latest edition of the popular compilation series of long-lost vintage 60s-70s proto-metal and stoner rock singles, Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip, is set for release on Halloween 2017. The series is curated by L.A. label RidingEasy Records and retailer/label Permanent Records. 

Hear and share album opener and extremely rare 1968 wailer "No Reason" by Captain Foam via Ghost Cult Magazine. (Direct Bandcamp and YouTube.)


The first single "Blowin' Smoke" by George Brigman (the 70s DIY hard rock version of Dead Moon's Fred Cole) previously launched via YouTube and Bandcamp.

Dangerous Minds featured the previous collection, The Fourth Trip HERE

About Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip:

We’re back! And the hits just keep coming. For the fifth lysergic journey, we’ve assembled 10 heavy slabs of obscure rock the likes of which have never been seen before... not in this form anyhow. And as usual, the tracks from these impossibly rare records have all been fully cleared through the artists themselves. We’ve gone to great lengths to get the best possible master sources, the worst case scenario being an original 45. ‘Cuz it ain’t worth doing unless you do it right. 

The legendary Captain Foam kicks off this Trip like an anvil to your skull with a rollicking stomper sounding like The Who with Matt Pike’s thunderous guitar tone. “No Reason” is a track we’ve been wanting to share with you boneheads since the start. Captain Foam (aka Richard Bertram) wasn’t easy to find, but lo and behold, our super sleuths located him and got his blessing to include the A-side of his sole single here for you. Good luck finding an original copy of the record. It’s rarer than raw beef.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. The other nine tracks continue the onslaught in typical Brown Acid form. You may be familiar with George Brigman’s psychedelic punk masterpiece “Jungle Rot”, but you don’t know Split until you’ve heard the charmingly disjointed bedroom-fi production of “Blowin’ Smoke”. Finch sounds way out of time (1968) and place (Milwaukee) on the grungeadelic anthem “Nothing In The Sun”. Cybernaut’s heavy prog - giving their Canadian cohorts Rush a run for their money - and Flasher’s “Icky Bicky” boogie prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that our neighbors to the north can rock with the best of ‘em. Meanwhile, Fargo’s hallucinogenic BBQ sauce soaked “Abaddon” and Mammoth’s fittingly beefy eponymous riff-monger continue the long line of heavies from the Lone Star State. Ohio based screamers Lance features members of Inside Experience, whom you might recall from the Third Trip. Zebra’s gritty rendition of “Helter Skelter” is most likely the way Charles Manson heard the song in his head. And finally, the mysterious and previously unheard Thor appears here exclusively and for the first time ever with their unknown 45 track “Lick It”. Many thanks to our pal Mike Vegh for turning us on to this one.

About the Brown Acid series:

Some of the best thrills of the Internet music revolution is the ability to find extremely rare music with great ease. But even with such vast archives to draw from, quite a lot of great songs have gone undiscovered for nearly half a century -- particularly in genres that lacked hifalutin arty pretense. Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and passionate record collectors had the stamina and prowess to hunt down long forgotten wonders in dusty record bins -- often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like Nuggets, Pebbles, ad nauseum, have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera. However, few have delved into and expertly archived the wealth of proto-metal, pre-stoner rock tracks collected on Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip

Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A./Chicago retailer Permanent Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the growing compilation series. Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a selection of songs that's hard to believe have remained unheard for so long. 

"I essentially go through hell and high water just to find these records," Barresi says. "Once I find a record worthy of tracking, I begin the (sometimes) extremely arduous process of contacting the band members and encouraging them to take part. Daniel and I agree that licensing all the tracks we're using for Brown Acid is best for everyone involved," rather than simply bootlegging the tracks. When all of the bands and labels haven't existed for 30-40 years or more, tracking down the creators gives all of these tunes a real second chance at success. 

"There's a long list of songs that we'd love to include," Barresi says. "But we just can't track the bands down. I like the idea that Brown Acid is getting so much attention, so people might reach out to us."


Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download on October 31st, 2017 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available for digital (with immediate download of the first single) at Bandcamp, physical pre-orders at RidingEasy Records


Artist: Various Artists
Album: Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip 
Label: RidingEasy Records
Release Date: October 31, 2017

01. Captain Foam "No Reason"
02. George Brigman "Blowin' Smoke"
03. Finch "Nothing In The Sun"
04. Cybernaut "Clockwork"
05. Fargo "Abaddon"
06. Mammoth "Mammoth"
07. Flasher "Icky Bicky"
08. Lance "Fireball"
09. Zebra "Helter Skelter"
10. Thor "Lick It"

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Heavy psych from Austin punk pioneer, Evil Triplet share new video. Ex-Terminal Mind w/ mbrs of My Education, Cinders


"From Hawkwind to HendrixGong to Guru GuruNeu! to noise, the lysergic local trio synthesizes psych rock, classic rock, Krautrock, and punk." -- Austin Chronicle


Austin trio Evil Triplet premiere the first video from their recently released double LP debut Otherworld today via Echoes & Dust. Watch & share "We Are The Aliens" video HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

The full album Otherworld is available to stream via Soundcloud. The band is currently wrapping up production on a followup album titled Have a Nice Trip for release in early 2018. Vocalist/guitarist Steve Marsh describes the recording:

"We figured that the last record came out so well that we shouldn't mess with the process: recorded at Sonic Ranch, engineered by Charles Godfrey, produced by Rob Halverson and myself, mixed at Halversonics Recording in Austin, and being mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The guitar photo (see below) is a Gibson Futura that once belonged to Billy Gibbons that I got to use during recording."

The Austin Chronicle recently featured the band, also highlighting vocalist/guitarist Steve Marsh's extensive background from 70s-80s punk progenitors Terminal Mind, to late-80s industrial-psych Miracle Room and later period noise merchants Wisdom Tooth. Read more and hear Evil Triplet album track "Get a Job" HERE

Evil Triplet is a heavy psych trio from Austin, TX. The space rock behemoth is comprised of Steve Marsh (guitar and vocals), Kirk Laktas (drums), and Joe Volpi (bass).

Marsh traces back to Terminal Mind, a seminal band in the Austin punk scene of the late 70s that spawned The Big Boys and The Dicks (Super Secret offshoot Sonic Surgery Records will be reissuing Terminal Mind's original recorded output, plus unreleased studio and live tracks, later in 2017). He then led Miracle Room, a psychedelic industrial hoedown that shared stages with Snakefinger, Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, Negativland, and Sonny Sharrock, among others, and morphed into Wisdom Tooth, which released a CD on Knitting Factory's imprint.

Kirk is the keyboard wizard in post-rock bands My Education and Cinders, and was an early member of Stars Of The Lid. He has worked sessions with Acid Mothers Temple, Shearwater, Pauline Oliveros and ST37.

Mr Volpi toured and recorded with Primordial Undermind, as well as lending his chops to countless other Austin bands, including The Flood and Reverend Glasseye. He also performs a dark acoustic song cycle solo as Kaiser Soze, and plays standup bass in Cinders.

Evil Triplet recorded their debut opus at Sonic Ranch Studios, in the desert outside El Paso, TX. The sound is lush, lysergic and overpowering. In addition to the solid foundation of classic heavy guitar rock, there are multiple points of experimentation, with Marsh attacking the electric guitar with vibrator, drill, electric razor and music box. There are also underlying synth loops, piano and organ, all in service to the tripped-out material, with lyrics covering such topics as space, mushrooms, human consciousness as alien possession, and a plea from Lucifer to his minions to stay in school.

Otherworld is available on LP, CD and download on February 10th, 2017 via Super Secret Records

EVIL TRIPLET LIVE:
09/21 Austin, TX @ Electric Church (w/ Suspirians)


Evil Triplet in the studio:



Artist: Evil Triplet
Album: Otherworld
Label: Super Secret Records
Release date: February 10th, 2017

01) Star Ladder
02) Fungus
03) Get a Job
04) Planet I'm On
05) Post Group Date Scene
06) Pyramids
07) We Are The Aliens
08) Worship Satin
09) Road Trips




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Thursday, September 14, 2017

FACIAL premiere 'Black Noise' video, L.A. post-thrashers (RIYL: Girl Pool, Fidlar, DFA 1979)


"Post-thrashers Facial peel away the pretense with the album's lead single, 'Animals.'" -- Consequence of Sound

"A seething post-punk missile fired across the bow of your comfort zone. Punch something if you must." -- Buzzbands.LA


Los Angeles trio FACIAL premiere the first video from their forthcoming sophomore album today via TrebleZine. Watch and share the chaotic antics of "Black Noise" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Facial launch West Coast tour dates later this month. Please see current shows below. 

Consequence of Sound recently launched lead single "Animals" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud and Bandcamp.) Buzzbands.LA premiered the song "Black Noise" HERE

On Facial's new record Facade, the band takes a look at their city (Los Angeles), their country (U.S.A.), and within themselves, to see what kind of ugly truths lie behind the front. Inside of all of us there are things that we try very hard to conceal: animal urges, selfishness, anger, hate, envy, violence, sexuality. We push them down and paint an alternate reality on the surface: happy, caring, altruistic, confident, peaceful, benevolent. But when the discrepancy between facade and reality becomes too great, we are forced to confront the facade and to question the fabricated surface realities fed to us all.

The music on this record cuts, churns, and moves. It bombards the listener, as if in attempt to disarm the defenses that we use to protect ourselves from these uncomfortable truths. Perhaps facades are necessary in certain scenarios; little white lies. We do not want to expose our weakness. We do not want to appear scared. An outward appearance must be maintained. But at some point, one must come up for air. We can't hide forever. One day we will have to unmask. 

Facade will be available on LP and download on September 29th via Chain Letter Collective. Pre-orders are available for digital at iTunes and vinyl HERE

FACIAL LIVE:
09/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
09/28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Eagle
09/29 - Eugene, OR @ Black Forest
10/01 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
10/02 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
10/03 - Portland, OR @ Liquor Store
10/04 - Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
10/05 - Bend, OR @ Spoken Moto
10/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi-Hat
10/22 - San Diego, CA @ Blonde Bar
11/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon


Artist: FACIAL
Album: Facade
Record Label: Chain Letter Collective
Release Date: September 29th, 2017

01. Black Noise
02. Hakeem
03. Animals
04. Fiend
05. Fashion Show
06. Unknown
07. Disappointment
08. Carrying The Load
09. Halitosis
10. Zero Sum
11. Go Away