“HORNSS have got an overdriven sound that sounds like a sexy
volcano god jizzing red-hot globs of lava straight into your ears.”
Metal Hammer
“This is a chiseled, successful and infectious-as-f*ck slice
of zeitgeist wed to the evergreen freshness of rock ‘n’ roll.”
Powerplay Magazine
“These tunes are f*cking rock n’ roll…”
CVLT Nation
Following up on the release of their 2013 debut No Blood, No
Sympathy on RidingEasy Records, San Franciscan trio HORNSS return this November
with their highly anticipated new album Telepath, on Ripple Music/STB Records.
Initially formed in 2010 with a line-up later completed by
drummer Bil Bowman – formerly of Zodiac Killers, blackQueen and Scrog – HORNSS
have gained a worldwide reputation on the stoner rock and doom scene, taking to
stages with fellow heavy hitters such as Ufomammut, YOB, Windhand, Bang, Black
Cobra, Fatso Jetson, Lord Dying, Naam and Elder, as well as co-headlining a
successful 2014 European tour with Vancouver’s Black Wizard.
Amped up on that heavy, fuzzed-out punk and doom groove,
unlike some that are simply content to adopt that “desert sound”, HORNSS were
practically born into it. Moulded by it from the very beginning in the case of
members Mike Moracha and Nick Nava who both got their start on the Palm Desert
scene with the band Solarfeast, alongside ex-Kyuss/Evolution’s End member Chris
Cockrell.
Recorded directly to analog tape at Green's Louder Studios
in Grass Valley, California by Tim Green (Saviours, Melvins, KARP, Comets On
Fire, Hot Lunch) Telepath is the follow-up to the trio’s acclaimed debut and
showcases a band that is every inch the force you’d hope they would be given
their heritage, influence and the arid air that shaped their sound. Drawing on
influences such as Hawkwind, Saint Vitus and The Ramones, they deliver
devastating doom, death punk fury (both Mike and Nick were also founding
members of San Fran punk band The Jack Saints), stoned out meanderings and
crushing desert progressions that will strike a chord no matter where your
allegiances lie.
Telepath is released on CD/Digital through Ripple Music on
18th November and is available on vinyl now through STB Records.
HORNSS:
Mike Moracha – Guitar, Vocals
Nick Nava – Bass, Vocals
Bil Bowman – Drums
Track Listing:
1. St Genevieve
2. Atrophic
3. Mazanita
4. In Fields Of Lyme
5. Sargasso Heart
6. Prince Of A Thousand Enemies
7. The Black Albatross
8. Leaving Thermal
9. The Airtight Garage
10. Old Ghosts
11. Galactic Derelict
Artist: HORNSS
Title: Telepath
Release Date: 18th November 2016
Label: Ripple Music/STB Records
Formats: Vinyl/CD/Digital
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