Posts Tagged ‘‘Sleeping Through The War’

ALL THEM WITCHES – ” 3-5-7 “

Posted: April 1, 2017 in MUSIC
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All Them Witches, a Nashville born and raised quartet, is neither a country band or a gang of witches (I know, I was kind of bummed too). They’re a grungy, psychedelic rock band born from the blood, sweat, and beers of Charles Michael Parks Jr., Robby Staebler, Ben McLeaod, and Alan Can Cleave. The guys banded together (no pun intended—OK a little bit intended but I’m not apologizing) in 2012 and released their debut record Our Mother Electricity that same year. “Sleeping Through the War”, their release on February 24th, will be their third (and was produced by Dave Cobb so you know it’s going to be pretty good).

When asked about the video for “357” features a glitchy VHS filter that brings to mind the video of the floating plastic bag the weird kid made in American Beauty—drummer Robby Staebler, had this to say:

“For me this video is about perspective and the process of self realization. Once you begin to see yourself around you and in others, realizing you are apart of everything (even things that you despise) is something you have to swallow and move toward understanding so you can properly adjust. Remember that one song about that one dude who reached for the stars too soon? One of the most important and inspiring things I’ve heard is: “in concentration I will place my mind. For those whose thoughts are slack and wandering are caught between the fangs of their own afflictions” or something like that. Those afflictions become everyones afflictions. The cycle continues. The suffering continues. Learn to focus, you can do it!”

From the new album ‘Sleeping Through The War’ available February 24th, 2017.

ALL THEM WITCHES – ” Alabaster “

Posted: February 2, 2017 in MUSIC
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All Them Witches have released “Alabaster”, a taster from the band’s upcoming album “Sleeping Through The War”. It’s a woozy, hypnotic piece of brooding, voodoo psychedelia, nestling somewhere between Dr John, The Doors at their most wired, and Sigur Ros.

“Alabaster is about leaving behind a culture that grooms people for failure and finding a place in this world where it is ok to live as peacefully as the ‘animals’,” says the band’s Charles Michael Parks, “neither creating nor destroying, no good or evil, just existing.”

New album Sleeping Through The War has a lot to say about current culture. “Sleeping through the war is what we’re doing,” says Parks, “There are so many terrible things going on in the world and we’re just staring at our phones, and we don’t see it so we don’t care.”

“If everybody would look out for everybody we wouldn’t have any problems. If everybody had enough space to breath we wouldn’t have any problems. The hardest part is that everybody wants to be happy but nobody knows how to get there.”

Sleeping Through The War is released on February 24th . The band are playing the Secret Garden Party this July 20th-23rd.

ALL THEM WITCHES – ” Bruce Lee “

Posted: November 19, 2016 in MUSIC
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If you’re here now, months before the release, you are likely a fan already and for good reason. If you are just finding out about these guys keep in mind that they represent one of the most original and compelling sounds in the new wave of the heavy psychedelic blues rock realm. I watched them a storming set live recently at the Bodega after seeing them earlier in August at Green Man Festival . A real gem in the scene.

The Nashville rockers All Them Witches gear up for the release of their fourth studio album, ‘Sleeping Through The War’, due February 24th 2017 – the follow-up to last year’s ‘Dying Surfer Meets His Maker’ – with a psych rock taster in lead single ‘Bruce Lee’.

Watch the Jason Staebler-directed clip for the track, above.

“‘Bruce Lee’ is about anxiety taking hold of and following you indiscriminately,” explains Staebler. “The video is meant to represent that idea, the consuming nature of your worries, and the magnification of them in your mind. The creature in pursuit is the personification of your anxiety, who can overcome and control your fate if you let it.”

Releases February 24th, 2017.

All Them Witches is:
Charles Michael Parks, Jr. – Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion
Ben McLeod – Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Percussion
Robby Staebler – Drums, Percussion
Allan Van Cleave – Rhodes, Organ, Piano, Mellotron

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