L-R - Tim Parent - Bass, Joel Parent - Vocals, Guitar - Adam
Parent - Drums
Photo Credit: Taya Fraser
Vancouver's NINJASPY, a trio of blood brothers that have
created a metal fusion of hard, heavy, hook-laden music that runs the gamut of
reggae, surf and more will be releasing their next full length 'Spüken' due out
April 14, 2017. The album is once again produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage
Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mudvayne, Gallows) and Ben Kaplan
(Biffy Clyro, Atreyu, Haste the Day) to follow their 2013 EP / graphic novel
'No Kata' and 2007 debut 'Pi Nature'. The album was crowd funded and helped the
band raise $15,000 to record the new full length, which features a culmination
of nearly a decade of songs that have been narrowed down to an epic 10 track
experience to demonstrate all their downbeats to breakdowns to their weaving of
reggae, hardcore, metal and much more.
Before its official release, NINJASPY have teamed up with
Idioteq.com for exclusive full stream premiere of the album at the following
link: http://www.idioteq.com/ninjaspy-spuken-record-premiere/
Vocalist / guitarist Joel Parent comments:
"Spüken is the musical equivalent of a magician
removing his own entrails. The guts just keep coming, like handkerchiefs from a
sleeve, and its painful, colourful and cathartic all at once, in the same way
that vomiting after hours of nausea is such a relief. The musical ideas that
came together in this project span many years and come from many influences.
Hearing them all together is a trip. There were a lot of hard times in the
years while this record was being written and most, if not all of these songs
are tied together by the search for something greater than oneself. Empowerment
by going through ones pain, all this is woven into an album that is another
spastic stylistic roller coaster not unlike our previous albums, but with
smoother blending. From song to song there is a lot of variance, but within
songs we have managed to take contrasting genres and combine them in more nuanced
ways, with less hard cuts. This album is colourful, and the palette is
dark."
'Spüken' will be available as of April 14th on the band's
online store, iTunes, CD Baby and Bandcamp.
Music Video - Speak -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32B6xJBNHYs
1. Speak (4:43)
2. Shuriken Dance (4:02)
3. Brother Man (4:54)
4. Dead Duck Dock (4:45)
5. Become Nothing (3:18)
6. What! (3:08)
7. Jump Ya Bones! (3:55)
8. Grip The Cage (4:10)
9. Azaria (4:02)
10. Slave Vehemence (5:44)
Album Length: 42:44
In addition to releasing 'Spüken', NINJASPY will be taking
their explosive and powerfully unhinged live show on the road for their sixth
tour across Canada,
which also marks their first cross country tour in six years since promoting
their debut album in 2011.
SPÜKEN ALBUM RELEASE CANADA TOUR DATES
April 21 - Nanaimo,
BC - Studio 420
April 22 - Victoria, BC - V-Lounge (moved from Logan's Pub)
April 28 - Maple Ridge, BC - The Wolf
Bar
April 29 - Kamloops, BC -
Dirty Jersey
April 30 - Vernon,
BC - The Green (All Ages)
May 10 - Drumheller,
AB - Neighbour's Corner Pub
May 11 - Calgary,
AB - Dickens
May 12 - Regina,
SK - The Exchange
May 13 - Winnipeg,
MB - Pyramid
May 14 - Thunder
Bay, ON - Black Pirates Pub
May 16 - Ottawa,
ON - House of Targ
May 17 - Ajax,
ON - Rotilicious
May 18 - St.
Catharines, ON -
Warehouse
May 19 - Guelph,
ON - DSTRCT
May 20 - Orillia, ON - The Geneva
May 21 - Montreal,
QC - Piranha Bar
May 22 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dees
May 24 - Sudbury,
ON - The Asylum
May 26 - Saskatoon,
SK - Vangelis
May 27 - Edmonton,
AB - The Forge
May 28 - Kelowna,
BC - Fernando's
June 24 - Vancouver,
BC - Rickshaw Theatre
July 15 - Armstrong,
BC - Armstrong Metal Fest w/
Revocation, Aggression, Golers and more - info
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