“Everything’s gone to shit since Bowie died, hasn’t it?” Celebrate the macabre with EVIL BLIZZARD
LIKE a post punk, dub Hawkwind/Killing Joke crossover, EVIL BLIZZARD’s fifth studio album ‘Death Songs & Lullabies’ crashes into view today (via Crackedankle Records) – with London’s fabled 100 Club set to host the Preston-based sextet tomorrow night (28th) – final tickets here HERE
Recorded at Blackpool’s Rock Hard Studios, the band’s improvised sessions were carefully crafted into song structures, before being reworked into the final mix.
“Recording this was the hardest work we’ve done,” explained band spokesperson, Filthydirty. “Previously, we’d just turn up, turn up louder, press record and sieve through the debris and call it ‘an album‘. On this album we only had two, maybe three tracks that were finished when we went in, and the rest were worked out in reverse – ploughing through improvisations and jams and seeing what actually had any bones or gristle to work with.
“Consequently, we had the time and focus to reappraise what we’d done in the past, highlight what we’d done right and realise where perhaps self-indulgence or lack of focus were overlooked instead of time or budget restraints. The result is an album that reflects all our record collections. Lyrically it’s been impossible to not absorb the chaos and anger transmitting on every news channel recently, and while we’d never write specifically about a certain issue or matter, the shitshow that is the 2020’s definitely made its mark or our thinking. It’s honest, it’s brutal in places and it’s generally pretty ugly. Just like us. Everything’s gone to shit since Bowie died, hasn’t it?”
‘Death Songs & Lullabies’ was engineered and mixed by James T Routh, produced by Stoko and James T Routh, and mastered by Tom Woodhead at Hippocratic Mastering.
EVIL BLIZZARD LIVE: Mar 28: London, 100 Club * Apr 25: York, The Crescent * May 09: Space Chase Festival * Oct 31: Darwen, Sunbird Records * Nov 14: Yarmouth, HRH Prog Festival *
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