The return of Ripple Music’s The Second Coming Of Heavy; Chapter IV | New split album from Red Mesa and Blue Snaggletooth
Already recognised as one of the world's leading purveyors
of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Stoner, Doom and Heavy Psych, Ripple Music upped the ante in
2015 with the arrival of one of the year’s most ambitious projects, The Second
Coming Of Heavy Series.
Serving as an ongoing showcase for some of the best and
heaviest bands emerging from the underground, each instalment shines a light on
those worthy of your attention. Consisting of one, 12” slab of multicoloured
vinyl with full colour sleeves and inserts, the series is designed to be saved
and treasured, like a fine anthology of books. So much so when the albums are
filed next to each other, the complete collection of aligned spines form a
mind-blowing image direct from the underground.
Following on from the series’ first instalment released in
2015 featuring Geezer and Borracho; Chapter II’s split between Supervoid and Red Desert
earlier this year and last June’s BoneHawk and Kingnomad offering, the latest
instalment brings you brand new music from Albuquerque
trio Red Mesa and Ann Arbor
quartet Blue Snaggletooth.
RED MESA – Coming at you from
yonder, down the mountain atop the deserted mesas of New Mexico, like their name suggests Red
Mesa instill a sense of desert haze. Touting a varied psychedelic-stoner sound
that begs for maximum volume with a high octane, pedal to the metal attitude,
the Albuquerque
trio – consisting of vocalist/guitarist Brad Frye, bassist Shawn Wright and
drummer Duane Gasper – will take you on a vivid journey. Utilizing elements of
doom, punk rock and psychedelic fuzz, Red Mesa are the living embodiment of
hard riffing hallucinogens.
BLUE SNAGGLETOOTH – If anyone is proving that you can honor
hard rock’s past while pumping fresh blood into its future, it’s Blue
Snaggletooth. Billing themselves as purveyors of “Psychedelic D&D Rock
& Roll,” the Ann Arbor, Michigan quartet combine elements of hard rock,
heavy metal, and psychedelia (all pre-1975), and fuse those styles with lyrics
inspired by classic sci-fi and fantasy. While the results are likely to please
anyone into stoner rock, Blue Snaggletooth have no truck with irony or
tongue-in-cheek glances at the past, and instead embrace their classic
influences to build a sound that’s physically powerful but with plenty of
sinewy groove.
The Second Coming Of Heavy; Chapter IV will get an official
vinyl release on 9th December 2016 and is limited to 300 copies in three
alternative versions (100 of each) – The Resurrection Edition, The Risen OBI
and The Ascension Edition.
Stream Red Mesa’s ‘Cactus
Highway’ and Blue Snaggletooth’s ’Mystic Waters’
(For the full track listing see below)
Track Listing:
1. 'Cactus
Highway' by Red Mesa
2. 'Low And Slow' by Red Mesa
3. 'Goin' To The Desert' by Red Mesa
4. 'Utopia' by Red Mesa
5. 'Sand Witch' by Blue Snaggletooth
6. 'Crystal's
Gaze' by Blue Snaggletooth
7. 'Mystic Waters' by Blue Snaggletooth
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