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“It’s heaviness on a truly mind-imploding scale, and the most beautiful ugly music I’ve ever heard.”
The Sludgelord
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This March Brooklyn’s self-proclaimed
“pillars of rock and roll righteousness” will release their new,
self-titled album through Los Angeles’ equally badass record label
RidingEasy Records.
Blackout was initially formed by guitar player/vocalist Christian Gordy
and drummer Taryn Waldman at Gordy’s July 4th cookout in the Bushwick
neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York back in 2011. Waldman, a former
Hooter's waitress turned big time commercial film editor and Gordy; a
one-legged bartender/artist/BBQ enthusiast were (by their own admission)
something of an oddball couple for NY's rigid metal scene. Yet with no
direction and zero discussion both connected instantly and instinctively
began banging out massive caveman jams against a patriotic backdrop of
food, alcohol and the stars and stripes.
In fact as far as names go, choosing Blackout – suggesting a power
crash, sudden and temporary loss of consciousness or a mob hit on an
entire family – was a total no brainer.
In the months that followed the pair recruited close friend Justin
Sherrell on bass duties, and as things began to get louder and
considerably heavier in November 2012 the trio entered Vacation Island
Studio with engineer and producer Rob Laakso (Diamond Nights, Swirlies,
Kurt Vile) to record their debut release We Are Here. Choosing
to self-release the album on vinyl in early 2013 it garnered plenty of
acclaim from some of the hottest blogs du jour and was praised for its
Melvins-esque ferocity and pounding Sleep-like groves. “Blackout get
it right, hammering jam after jam, pound after pound. The smoky swirls
buzz with electric accusations and shock-therapy repressions.” (Heavy Planet)
Following an extensive gigging regime in, around and way beyond New
York’s city limits with acts like Acid King, Weedeater and Trouble the
band took to the studio once again in the summer of 2013 to record a
body of new songs. Songs that strictly worked off the riffs
spontaneously summoned during practice sessions where old material was
revived, ideas hashed out and sounds reworked into the record you will
soon hear in full. Songs that make up Blackout, the band’s eagerly
awaited follow up and soon to be released revelation on RidingEasy
Records.
Blackout by Blackout will be released worldwide on RidingEasy
Records on 31st March 2015 and the band will be throwing an official
album release party at Union Pool, Brooklyn on Saturday April 11th.
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www.easyriderrecords.com
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Twitter – @easyriderrecord
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