THUNDERCLAP: Florida Outfit To Release Debut Album Through Financial Ruin; Florida Tour Dates With Meatwound Booked For Late December
[photo by Exploding Lens]
Gainesville, Florida-based THUNDERCLAP has completed their
debut LP, Inebriocean, preparing it for release through Financial Ruin in early
2019.
THUNDERCLAP smoothly melds elements of metal and classic
rock into a thick layer of swampy southern groove and doom, the band's output a
far cry from its members other/former acts. The trio's members, Todd Rockhill,
Ale Gasso, and Danny Welsh, also collectively having previously played with
Discount, Army Of Ponch, The Draft, Unitas, J.Page, House On Fire, Black Cougar
Shock Unit, and others.
THUNDERCLAP will release their booming Inebriocean debut on
LP and digital formast via Financial Ruin in early 2019, with distribution
through Dead Tank Records. Watch for audio previews and more to see release in
January.
As the final details of Inebriocean are set into place,
THUNDERCLAP has announced a run of late December tour dates through their home
state with allies in Meatwound. Running from December 27th through 30th, the
four gigs are booked in Miami, Orlando,
Gainesville, and Jacksonville. Watch for more live actions
from the band to be announced as the LP nears release.
THUNDERCLAP Live:
12/27/2018 Las Rosas - Miami,
FL w/ Meatwound, Holly Hunt,
Devalued
12/28/2018 Uncle Lou's - Orlando, FL
w/ Meatwound, Moat Cobra, Witchbender
12/29/2018 Durty Nelly's - Gainesville,
FL w/ Meatwound, Gaul
12/30/2018 Justice Pub - Jacksonville, FL
w/ Meatwound, Yashira, Unearthly Child
Daniel Shook of Meatwound and owner of Financial Ruin
delves, "I was unloading gear at a show the first time I heard
THUNDERCLAP. They were doing a quick sound check when I rolled up and by the
end of the first song, I had stopped pulling guitars out and walked over to
watch them. They were heavy and gross with the gnarliest vocals, but I had to
finish getting the amps out, so I walked off. By the third song, I had
abandoned loading in and was just watching the band. It was something like The
Melvins playing Tom Petty songs as slow as possible. Or High on Fire covering
Floor covers of Led Zeppelin. Like Roadhouse meets House Of 1000 Corpses. Texas
Chainsaw Massacre relocated to the swamps of North-Central
Florida. It was awesome."
He continues, "It's rare that I'm blown away by an
unfamiliar band hearing them live for the first time but here we are. A couple
years down the road and several shows together later, the band posts a pic of a
CD that says, 'Final Mix.' I texted them asking what the plan is for its
release; they're not sure but they send me a copy. I'm soon playing the songs
on repeat and they are stuck in my head. We strike a deal to split the
release."
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