San Antonio avant-metal act The Grasshopper Lies Heavy will drop a brand new album subsequent month — it’s seventh, by our depend — and if its title and first single are any indication, this shit isn’t for the pinkies-out crowd.
HEAVY is due out Nov. 14 on Minneapolis’ Studying Curve Information, and Grasshopper frontman James Woodard guarantees the title is a sign of simply what’s contained inside.
Whereas most Grasshopper’s releases incorporate a mix of the band’s sludgy, mathy noise-rock and moodier, more-dynamic items, this one is comprised of eight crushers. A forthcoming companion album known as LIES will give attention to the lighter facet of the band’s Jeckyl-and-Hyde sound, in line with Woodard.
“Due to that method, it’s most likely probably the most targeted factor we’ve completed,” he stated of HEAVY.
These searching for a pattern of Grasshopper’s finely honed heaviness can entry the discharge’s first single, “We Are All of the Antichrist,” an off-kilter riff monster that includes visitor vocals by Crow Lotus of the band Capra. An accompanying video showcases all of the chaos, rage and misanthropy one would anticipate from such a collaboration.
Those that need to highway check HEAVY dwell can try the band’s launch present, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 23, on the Lonesome Rose. Bat Lips and Digital Limbs will open.
$10, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, Lonesome Rose, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 455-0233, thelonesomerose.com.
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