Proto-punk legend TAV FALCO hails JAIL WEDDINGS' new single via Talkhouse, "(Can't Wait To Get To) Nowhere"

"Bombastic songs that walk the line between Nick Cave and Springsteen covering 'Lipstick Traces (on A Cigarette).' It’s a party, of sorts." -- Noisey

" A marriage between the Dream Syndicate, X, and the smoldering sounds of classic English post-punk, the tune is smart, energetic and more than worth the wait." -- PopMatters

L.A. psych-punk noir group Jail Weddings today share the second single from their first new album in 5 years, Wilted Eden. Proto-punk legend Tav Falco (of Tav Falco's Panther Burns) praises the rocking new single "(Can't Wait To Get To) Nowhere" via the Talkhouse HERE. (Direct Bandcamp and Soundcloud.) 

"A melodic cathedral of angst that Gun Club could have only dreamed of. When you ratchet up Roland Howard about 10 notches, you approach the whirling, schizoid-edged Theremin hexed tones and the savageries of Gabriel Hart’s infernal scream." -- Tav Falco

Jail Weddings recently shared the first single, a live show fan favorite for the past couple of years "Do Anything You Want To Me" via PopMatters, Bandcamp and YouTube.

LA Weekly voted the band's previous album Meltdown -- A Declaration of Unpopular Emotion the #1 Album of the Year for 2014, and the group Band of the Year as well. 

Wilted Eden, the expansive third album by L.A.'s tarnished romantics Jail Weddings is one of those rare albums recorded in "real time" chronicling the intersection between the whirlwind birth and eventual death of new love, along with the sudden unforeseen deaths of loved ones. Still standing in their 10th dizzying year, the Wall of Sound provocateurs return anew with an emotionally and musically charged 12-song epic. 

The result is the sound of a veteran band that is now doing whatever the hell they want after a decade of tempering (and coining) a unique sub-genre often called death doo-wop. While a line-up change also opened new horizons, the group found the time and freedom to experiment in the studio with no gun to their heads - deploying guitar feedback, Theremin, analog synth, and skronking saxophone to their usual street-poetic, swollen-knuckle pop. Think of The Waterboys expansive "Big Music" sound on brown acid and you might come close.

Wilted Eden begins cinematic, but with what almost sounds like a closing credits theme - the title track is apocalyptic folk at its most definitive, as Hart's own minor chord three-part harmonies bring to mind The Byrds soaring over Death In June. It quickly ramps up with the driving rocker "Do Anything You Want To Me," a dare of absolute surrender that feels like The Smiths rhythm section backing up Steve Wynn. "Nowhere" is the full-tilt cowpunk barn-burner of the record, calling up ghosts of The Gun Club sharing a carnival stage with Freddy Cannon. Don't let the sweet title of "Face of Kindness" fool you - as it contains one of the more blue double-entendres on the album. "Blood Moon Blue" is pure unnerving ecstasy, wailing feedback over Lynchian twang like Rowland S. Howard fronting a lounge-lizard exotica act. "Skin Invocation" is a sexual revolution in just under 6-minutes, where singer/bandleader Gabriel Hart duets with back-up singer Mary Animaux; both of them seeing the athlete of pleasure in everyone before guitarist Anthony Cozzi dogfights with Hart's sax to climax. And if you're still on board until the very, very bitter end of what has proved to be a very loaded album, "Love Me Like I'm Dead" will give you a nine-minute stark testimony of just how far this once-in-a-lifetime, genre-thrashing band has come, If, that is, you haven't already run for the hills yourself...

Wilted Eden will be available on LP, CD and download on September 20th, 2019 via Tru-Vow Recordings, and on cassette via Burger Records. Preorders are available HERE. 

JAIL WEDDINGS LIVE 2019:

09/24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite - Album release show

09/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Honey Hive

09/26 Reno, NV @ The Bluebird

09/27 Portland, OR @ Twilight Cafe

09/28 Seattle, WA @ The Lo-Fi

09/29 Eugene, OR @ Old Nick's Pub

09/30 Sacramento, CA @ The Press Club

10/01 Albany, CA @ The Ivy Room

Artist: Jail Weddings Album:  Wilted Eden Label: Tru-Vow Recordings Release Date: September 20th, 2019 01. Wilted Eden 02. Do Anything You Want To Me 03. (I Can't Wait To Get To) Nowhere 04. Face of Kindness 05. Blood Moon Blue 06. Skin Invocation 07. Do You Really Want The World? 08. Quality of Mercy 09. Many Fires Burning 10. A Haunted Song 11. I Must Keep My Woman Happy 12. Love Me Like I'm Dead On The Web: www.facebook.com/JailWeddings jailweddings.bandcamp.com  instagram.com/jailweddings jailweddings.net

Ether Feather share new track: L.A. hooky heavy psych by Man Man, Lydia Lunch, Mike Patton band members

"Built upon Ryan's impeccable drumming, it is buoyed by delightfully aggressive bass lines and Young's searing guitar work. It asks to imagine a fusion between progressive rock of the 1970s and the blues-based heavy rock of acts such as Budgie and Pentagram while sounding thoroughly up-to-date." -- PopMatters

"Stole my heart from the moment I pushed play. Dreamy vox...Toggling between dark doom and a decidedly acid-soaked psychedelic dream-pop direction. The rhythm section is stellar and the sound is brilliantly captured... I could see this becoming a beloved go-to in my collection." -- Doomed & Stoned

L.A. trio  Ether Feather share a new track from their forthcoming full length debut today via Doomed & Stoned. Hear and share "Cayenne" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp and Soundcloud.)

PopMatters recently launched "Your Half In The Middle" HERE. (Soundcloud.)

What resides in the ether? Floating like a lead balloon in Ether Feather’s inverse universe is the meeting point between Black Sabbath, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kyuss and Captain Beefheart. 

The Los Angeles trio’s sound is a weighty, swinging brand of desert rock influenced heft informed by elements of No Wave, free jazz and post-punk. It’s not jammy for jam’s sake, nor is it neo-jazzbo navel gazing - it’s crafty and astute, head-bobbing thud with a flair for tasteful melodic quirks. 

Ether Feather is the brainchild of L.A.-by-way-of-Chicago drummer/vocalist Dylan Ryan, who has also played with Man Man, Cursive, Red Krayola and more. The newly minted trio includes guitarist Tim Young (guitarist on the Late Late Show and studio player: Todd Rundgren, Mike Patton, Fiona Apple) and bassist Sylvia Black (Lydia Lunch.) The band arose from a previous incarnation called SAND, featuring Ryan and Young, which had released two albums in 2013 and 2014 respectively. 

“By the time I started writing the third Sand record, it became clear the music was shifting from the Mahavishnu-esque mid 70's-fusion to more part-oriented structures and the songs seemed to want vocals,” Ryan explains. Encouraged by engineer Andrew Murdock (Alice Cooper, Lou Barlow) while tracking new songs, the band embraced stylistic shifts and emerged anew with an EP, Other Memory in 2017. After touring that material a couple of times with bands like Cursive and Minus the Bear, Ether Feather further honed its sound to form the hook laden 8-track debut album, Devil - Shadowless - Hand.

“Ether Feather is definitely a band where we can try weirder stuff and stretch out creatively in ways that may not be appropriate in other musical situations,” Ryan says. “We can mix and blend aesthetics and make hard turns. Tim was in the Pacific Northwest during the first wave of grunge and brings something very different from me to the table, having come up in the late 90's Chicago No Wave/Free Jazz/Metal scene.” 

Album opener “Falconer” pits a chugging Helmet-eque guitar riff against Ghost-like harmonies and indie rock rhythms before busting open with a beautiful stadium rock guitar solo. Elsewhere, “Your Half In the Middle” floats along, led by the Byrds-esque vocal harmonies of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper,” with similar juxtaposition of melody and ominous tones. “New Abyss” flexes the band’s jazz chops, but moreso in the manner of Richard Hell & The Voidoids or the Minutemen waxing prog-punk. Throughout, every song is full of surprising and enchanting musical twists that keep each song exciting and demanding repeat listens. 

Devil - Shadowless - Hand will be available to stream and download on September 6th, 2019. 

Artist: Ether Feather

Album: In Devil - Shadowless - Hand

Label: Ether Feather

Release date: September 6th, 2019

01. Falconer

02. Interstellar

03. Haggard Hawk

04. New Abyss

05. Cayenne

06. Dawn of Orion

07. Your Half In The Middle

08. The Ultimate Halcyon

On the Web:

facebook.com/etherfeatherband

etherfeather.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/etherfeatherband

Firebreather drop new track from forthcoming RidingEasy debut, tour w/ Monolord in October

"Firebreather veer towards roaring, High On Fire-esque sludge, and they’ve got the chops and the grit to pull this kind of thing off." -- Brooklyn Vegan

Swedish trio Firebreather share a new track from their forthcoming debut on RidingEasy Records, Under a Blood Moon today. Hear and share "Closed Gate" via YouTube HERE. 

Brooklyn Vegan previously hosted the lead single "Dancing Flames" HERE.(Direct YouTube.)

Fire is what happens when a carbon based object is consumed by oxygen. That chemical reaction is fitting to the sound of Firebreather: The riffs are suffocating, the rhythms fast moving and all-consuming. It's so blindingly and deafeningly monolithic, don't be surprised to find yourself gasping for air while listening.

The Gothenburg, Sweden trio has a streamlined focus on driving, symphonic riffs in the vein of High on Fire, Inter Arma and their tour- and label-mates Monolord. The guitar and bass tones are, quite simply, entrancing. Like watching flames engulf a forest, the billowing guitar tones are simultaneously beautiful and destructive, while the rhythms sway and lunge with vicious precision.

"It's riff based, heavy as fuck, but with a groove to it," explains vocalist/guitarist Mattias Nööjd, formerly of popular Swedish doom merchants Galvano. "We had gotten off a tour with Monolord in February of 2018 and by that time we had the song 'Firebreather' done," but soon thereafter new drummer Axel Wittbeck joined the fold.

"Once Axel had joined, it was like the flood gates opened," says bassist Kyle Pitcher. "The rest of the album just came together." Under a Blood Moon was recorded at Elementstudion in Gothenburg with engineer Oskar Karlsson, who also recorded the band's lauded 2017 self-titled debut on Suicide Records. 

Album opener "Dancing Flames" sets the stage for the onslaught to come with a slinking, serpentine riff over slow churning rhythms. Nööjd's hushed, gravelly vocals sink into the mix, more like a baritone guitar than a human voice. "Our Souls, They Burn" nicely exemplifies the band's furious grind that makes even faster tempo songs sound impossibly heavy, like a slow motion stampede. Elsewhere, "We Bleed" perfectly sums up the band's focus on the riff and groove, honing in on the power of hypnotic attrition. Closing epic, "The Siren" opens with lugubrious, slightly swinging drums and rumbling bass building tension over delay- and phaser-soaked guitar harmonics, until a massive, sliding riff crashes headlong into the proceedings. The song seems to cleverly shape shift across several harmonic and rhythmic parts, without losing the core groove underneath. A short pause for breath, then it's off to the races with a galloping crescendo for succinct closure. 

Under a Blood Moon will be available on LP, CD and download September 27th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Preorders are available HERE.

FIREBREATHER LIVE 2019:

Sep 20 Gothenburg, SE @ Musikens Hus w/ Halshug

Oct 01 Utrecht, NL @ De Helling *

Oct 02 Brussels, BE @ Magasin 4 *

Oct 03 Pratteln, CH @ Up In Smoke Festival *

Oct 04 Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie *

Oct 05 Paris, FR @ Saturday Mud Fever Festival *

Oct 07 Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard *

Oct 08 Nuremberg, DE @ Z-Bau *

Oct 09 Cologne, DE @ Helios 37 *

Oct 10 Mainz, DE @ Schon Schon *

Oct 11 Hamburg, DE @ Molotow *

Oct 16 Oslo, NO @ John Dee *

Oct 17 Gothenburg, SE @ Sticky Fingers *

Oct 18 Malmo, SE @ Babel *

Oct 23 Linkoping, SE @ The Crypt *

Oct 24 Stockholm, SE @ Close Up Baten *

Oct 25 Tampere, FI @ Olympia *

Oct 26 Helsinki, FI @ Nosturi *

* w/ Monolord

Artist: Firebreather Album: Under a Blood Moon Label: RidingEasy Records Release date: September 27th, 2019 01. Dancing Flames 02. Our Souls, They Burn  03. Closed Gate 04. Firebreather 05. We Bleed 06. The Siren On the Web: facebook.com/Firebreathergbg firebreatherdoom.bandcamp.com ridingeasyrecs.com

Beehive (ex-Terry Malts) share new track of smart threadbare punk from upcoming debut

"A lo-fi and wiry punk band who write short, deceptively simple rock songs... Sprecher urgently yelps and howls desperately like a man condemned, while Amenti keeps the speed up and the sound heavy." -- The Big Takeover

"'Don't Try' is a brilliant two minute song full of energy, determination, straight ahead rock and powerful vocals." -- Spill Magazine

Northern California duo Beehive share a new track from their forthcoming debut EP Depressed + Distressed today via Spill Magazine. Hear and share "Don't Try" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud and Bandcamp.)

The Big Takeover recently shared lead single "When Can I See You Again?" HERE. (Soundcloud.)

It's the simple things that matter, right? Beehive know this well. 

The Northern California duo writes short, deceptively simple rock songs in the vein of early Wire, Suicide, The Spits and Television Personalities. Each song seems laser focused on a desperately repeated vocal phrase and repeatedly hammered riff splayed out over the emotional indifference of a Hammond Auto-Vari 64 drum machine.

Vocalist/guitarist Jake Sprecher -- who also.played in Terry Malts (SF), Smokescreens (LA) and Business of Dreams (LA), all part of Slumberland Records family - urgently yelps and howls desperate and angry lyrics like a man with no time to waste. Bassist Bud Amenti (also of Shutups) fills in any gaps with subtle walks and fills while holding down the band's monolithic sound. Beehive never stop the drum machine during their live set, there are no breaks, which adds to the intensity. 

Beehive came into existence at the beginning of 2019, but in that short time has been hitting venues hard up and down the West Coast to set up their 7-song debut EP Depressed + Distressed for release in early Fall. The EP was recorded live in the studio in one take to 1/2" tape. No messing around. 

Depressed + Distressed opens with a short intro ("Tick Tock") leading into the mantra-like wail of "Get Off My Back," as the duo holds and pummels an A-major chord, as Sprecher chants over the top. Elsewhere, "90's Trash" sarcastically rips up nostalgia for music of our youth and disposable culture. "When Can I See You Again?" seethes with desperation and obsession we've all experienced at some point, the guitars clattering and clawing, perhaps trying in vain to stop the incessant drum machine. "Wasting Our Time" wastes no time getting to the point: Our time, our lives, as a measure of existence, is only wasted by ourselves and each other. Kind of heady and deep, but utterly simple.

Depressed + Distressed will be available on 10" EP and download on September 6th, 2019 via Jester Records. Preorders are available HERE. 

BEEHIVE LIVE 2019:

09/14 San Francisco, CA @ Knockout

10/09 Portland, OR @ Valentine's

10/10 Seattle, WA @ Cha Cha Lounge

10/11 Eugene, OR @ Spectrum

10/17 Oakland, CA @ Golden Bull

Artist: Beehive

Album:  Depressed + Distressed

Label:  Jester Records

Release Date: September 6th, 2019

01. Tick Tock (intro)

02. Get Off My Back

03. You're So Fascinating

04. '90s Trash

05. When Can I See You Again?

06. Don't Try

07. Wasting Our Time 

On The Web:

beehive1.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/beehive_trash

facebook.com/beehivetrash

WARISH release new single from forthcoming RidingEasy Records debut full length

"Remember when indie rock sounded all grimy, corroded and metal-sludgy -- the last thing you'd hear in a commercial or being played at an arena show? Warish do. It's music to the ears of anyone who wants to damage their ears." -- Rolling Stone

"Warish totally rules... An awesome mixture of punk energy, biker rock fuzz, and grunge growl." -- Kerrang!

"Sludgy and punk-y at the same time, with an Iggy and the Stooges meets Misfits vibe, plus a bit of stoner rock and metal mixed in, as well." -- Consequence of Sound

Southern California trio Warish share a new track from their forthcoming full length debut Down In Flames on RidingEasy Records today. Hear and share "You'll Abide" via YouTube and Bandcamp. 

Loudwire recently premiered the first single "Healter Skelter" HERE,

Warish hit the road this fall in support of the album with San Francisco stoner rock progenitors Acid King, who will also reissue their legendary Busse Woods album on RidingEasy on August 30th. Please see all dates below.

Imagine if early, weird Aberdeen Nirvana were crossed with low budget horror-obsessed garage-punks. You'd have sinister vibes with a visceral, twisted weirdness and bludgeoning riffs. Some might call it nightmarish, we call it Warish. 

Warish is a very newly minted SoCal trio formed in early 2018 that has wasted no time making its presence known. The band formed when guitarist/vocalist and pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of skating legend Tony Hawk) and drummer Nick (Broose) McDonnell decided they wanted to try their hand at something more distinct than they'd done previously.

"We wanted to do simpler riffs and a fun live show," Riley explains. "A little more punk, a little bit of grunge... a little evil-ish."

Their sound takes cues from a variety of cool underground sounds and twists it all into an energetic and exciting fist to the face of dark fury. Hawk's effect-laden vocals hearken to 90s industrial monsters Ministry and David Yow's tortured caterwaul in Scratch Acid. The guitars are heavy and powerful, though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk; more like Cobain's and Buzz Osbourne's wiry contortions. The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the band's uh, warlike assault.

Down In Flames will be available on LP, CD and download on September 13th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

WARISH LIVE 2019:

08/30 San Diego, CA @ Casbah

09/20 Portland, OR @ Star Theater - Hesh Fest *

09/21 Seattle, WA @ Highline *

09/23 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater * 

09/24 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *

09/25 Chicago, IL @ Reggies * 

09/26 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle *

09/27 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *

09/28 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place *

09/29 Boston, MA @ Sonia *

09/30 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory * 

10/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's *

10/02 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall *

10/03 Raleigh, NC @ Kings *

10/04 Asheville, NC @ Mothlight *

10/05 Atlanta, GA @ The 529 *

10/06 New Orleans, LA @ One Eye Jack's *

10/07 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey *

10/09 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister *

10/10 Mesa, AZ @ Club Red *

10/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Satellite *

10/12 San Francisco, CA @ Chapel *

11/09 Austin, TX @ Levitation Fest

* w/ Acid King

Artist: Warish
Album: Down In Flames

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: September 13th, 2019

01. Healter Skelter

02. You’ll Abide

03. Big Time Spender

04. Bleed Me Free

05. In A Hole

06. Bones

07. Voices

08. Fight

09. Shivers

10. Runnin' Scared

11. Their Demise

On The Web:

instagram.com/warish.usa

facebook.com/Warishband

ridingeasyrecs.com

Brown Acid: The Ninth Trip compilation coming Halloween 2019, hear first track now

"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

"Will do for hard rock, proto-metal and heavy psych what Nuggets did for garage rock, and bring it to a wider audience of collectors and music fans." -- The Guardian

"Mining the surprising rich reserves of heavy rock and proto-metal from the ‘60s and ‘70s, these collections have been crucial to understanding the history of a subgenre of rock that had far deeper roots than most fans realize." -- Paste Magazine

The forthcoming ninth edition of the popular compilation series featuring long-lost vintage 60s-70s proto-metal and stoner rock singles, Brown Acid: The Ninth Trip is set for release on Halloween 2019. The first track from the latest installment, the heavy psych groove "Pain" by Fiberglass Vegetables is available to hear and share via YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE. 

Read an interview with the series curators via Paste Magazine HERE. The Brown Acid series is curated by L.A. label RidingEasy Records and retailer/label Permanent Records. 

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. 

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 Ninth Trip will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download on October 31st, 2019 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 Ninth Trip  Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: October 31, 2019 01. White Lightning "Prelude To Opus IV" 02. Peacepipe "The Sun Won't Shine Forever" 03. Magi "Win or Lose" 04. Fiberglass Vegetables "Pain" 05. Erik "Rebel Woman" 06. Stonewall "Outer Spaced" 07. ICE "Running High" 08. Space Rock "Going Down The Road" 09. Buckshot "Barstar" 10. 29.9 "Paradiddle Blues" On The Web: www.ridingeasyrecords.com

HERE LIES MAN streaming mini-album early, Antibalas members "if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat"

"An evolutionary step forward for their sound." - Metal Hammer "A woozy wall of Afrobeat inspired fuzzbox riff worship and pounding circular rhythmic power, Here Lies Man connect the stoner rock underground straight to downtown Lagos." - The Quietus "Here Lies Man are still really, really good at making riffy, rhythmic psychedelic rock that sounds like the '60s/'70s but still feels fresh today. Fans of anything from Nuggets to Ty Segall and King Gizzard should take note." -- Brooklyn Vegan "This is a band ahead of their time." -- The Obelisk Los Angeles quartet Here Lies Man are streaming their forthcoming 7-song mini-album No Ground To Walk Upon today ahead of Friday's release exclusively via Brooklyn Vegan. Hear and share No Ground To Walk Upon in its entirety HERE. Dinked, the UK collective of independent retailers, are offering an exclusive special edition of the release that comes with a signed picture of the band, a patch, and a tote bag, on purple vinyl with orange swirl. For more information see Dinked HERE. Here Lies Man took the music world by storm in 2017 with their self-titled debut positing the intriguing hypothesis: What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat?  Since that time, Here Lies Man has expanded and expounded upon their sound and ideas of heavy riff rock and psych within the ancient rhythmic formula of the clave. The L.A. based band comprised of Antibalas members have toured relentlessly over the past 2 years, while also releasing a second album, You Will Know Nothing and an EP, Animal Noises, both in 2018.  No Ground to Walk Upon is due worldwide in August 2019. It continues with an ongoing concept of HLM playing the soundtrack to an imaginary movie, with each song being a scene. The lead single "Clad in Silver" is the soundtrack snippet of a journey to the imaginary place called home, which can never be arrived at. With every step, the character imagines getting closer, but it is a hallucination that fades in and out of perception. Rough Trade named Here Lies Man in their prestigious Top 10 Albums of 2017. BBC 6 & Classic Rock Magazine deemed it among the year's best, as well as countless other press outlets singing its praises. 2018's You Will Know Nothing furthered the band's reputation for genre-smashing rhythmic experimentation, topping many year-end lists as well as earning features from countless metal and indie rock outlets, plus cover stories in weekly papers. No Ground to Walk Upon is the next step in the band's rapid ascent to what is bound to be influential upon riff based rock. "We're very conscious of how the rhythms service the riffs," explains founder and vocalist/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Marcos Garcia (who also plays guitar in Antibalas) of the band's sound. "Tony Iommi's (Black Sabbath) innovation was to make the riff the organizing principle of a song. We are taking that same approach but employing a different organizing principle: For Iommi it was the blues, for us it comes directly from Africa." No Ground To Walk Upon also includes an interesting conceptual mathematics to the entire proceedings, a theme begun on the prior album. "There are interludes between each song that are 2/3 to 3/4 of the tempo of the previous song," Garcia says. "The reason it breaks down to 2 over 3 or 3 over 4 is that everything in the music rhythmically corresponds to a set of mathematical algorithms known as the clave. The clave is an ancient organizing rhythmic principle developed in Africa." Garcia and cofounder/drummer Geoff Mann (former Antibalas drummer and son of jazz musician Herbie Mann) recorded the mini-album much like they did their previous releases, at their own L.A. studio on a Tascam 388 8-track tape machine. Additional layers were recorded with former Antibalas keyboardist Victor Axelrod and other contributors in various other locations, all while the band continued its rigorous touring schedule.  Here Lies Man has already spent much of the past three years on tour, with dates supporting Antibalas, Earthless and Fu Manchu, as well as headlining treks through the EU & UK. The remaining months of 2019 and 2020 will see the band once again performing at numerous International festivals (including Austin's Levitation Fest in November.) No Ground to Walk Upon will be available on LP, CD and download on August 16th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records.  HERE LIES MAN LIVE 2019: 11/09 Austin, TX @ Levitation Fest 2019

Artist: Here Lies Man Album: No Ground to Walk Upon Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: August 16th, 2019 01. Clad in Silver 02. Swinging From Trees  03. Long Legs (Look Away)  04. Washing Bones 05. Get Ahold of Yourself  06. Iron Rattles 07. Man Falls Down On The Web: hereliesman.com facebook.com/hereliesman hereliesman.bandcamp.com ridingeasyrecs.com