Low Flying Hawks feat Dale and Trevor

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Deluxe Gatefold LPs of Low Flying Hawks debut "Kōfuku" which features Dale Crover (Melvins) and bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Fantômas). "Kōfuku" is due to arrive next week!

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Kōfuku by Low Flying Hawks will be released on 12th February 2016 through the New York-based label, Magnetic Eye Records.

Magnetic Eye Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Low Flying Hawks, and with it the release of their debut album Kōfuku in February of next year.

Working with producer Toshi Kasai (Big Business) at Sounds of Sirens studio in LA, and featuring Trevor Dunn (Mr Bungle, Melvins) and Dale Crover (Melvins, Nirvana) on drums, Low Flying Hawks is a project that consists chiefly of longtime collaborators and enigmatic multi-instrumentalists EHA and AAL.

Compellingly dark in content and undeniably heavy in tone, Kōfuku – which comes from the Japanese word for 'Surrender' – has the ability to both satisfy and mollify listeners with an unerring confidence, that over ten tracks draws in funereal doom, gray echoes and psychedelic waves of post-rock disorder. A work that in no small part is informed by a diverse array of influences which include the likes of Richard D James, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and bands such as Black Sabbath and My Bloody Valentine.

Album highlight 'Ruins' stands tall as a gripping arrangement that merges metal, rock and roll and crawling, corporeal drumming with the lysergic/elegiac mirrors in songwriter EHA's mind. Whereas prolonged pieces such as 'Wolves Within Wolves' and 'Destruction Complete' explore profound themes such as loss and rebirth, amid the dramatic hefts in mood and guitar play that switch freely between seismic drone; noise-rock and shoegaze. All of which make Kōfuku a remarkably moving experience.
credits
releases February 12, 2016

EHA - Guitar, Bass, Lead Vocals
AAL - Guitar, Bass, Additional Vocals
Trevor Dunn - Bass
Dale Crover - Drums

Recorded at Sounds of Sirens, Los Angeles, California.
Engineered, Produced by Toshi Kasai
Mastered by Brad Boadright at Audiosiege
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tags: hard rock rock dale doom doom metal hardcore melvins sludge metal stoner metal stoner rock trevor dunn Albany
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Fureon Nectarmoon

WOW. Totally flippin' awesome! Thanks for the pointer.


bUTTHOLEmAN

Coupon code: Enter KOFUKU for a twenty five percent discount, good throughout January.
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black stallion

didn't know of this project, sounds interesting
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rictus

Got this in the mail on Monday. Surprised since I wasn't expecting it for another couple of weeks. Sounds really good, really low and HEAVY. Liking some other artists on this label, and their subscription service is reasonable.  :-k

deatheats

I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the packaging on the LP is very nicely done.


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meezer

Quote from: ))))(((( on February 14, 2016, 02:26:57 PM
What's the opinion on this record then? Do you guys like it? After two whole listens im having a hard time doing so myself. Seems very drab and dreary to me but i think it's the vocals that are putting me off the most here. Not to my own tastes whatsoever. Dale's drum work is great of course and what you would expect but the songs themselves just seem so dull. Nothing to get excited about at all. Some of the guitar feels a bit that way for me too. It's not a terrible record by any stretch of the imagination, but not one i'd ever wish to revisit either. I think there are much better bands around doing stuff similar to this. Also im not too sure of Trevor's involvement to be honest - nothing sticks out to me. As for the other members of the band, i can't help wondering who they are. Going by the initials EHA and AAL, they seem to want their identity under wraps for now.


What do you think?? Have a listen for yourself below...

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/low-flying-hawks
Took me a while to get around to this, while the  buzz was building up here and on Facebook. Finally checked it out and bought this and the Conan Neutron albums on CD. I like this. It's pretty low key. I like the Conan better at this point. But I was playing the full download this morning and neither my wife, kid or our visiting neighbor complained, so....  :D
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black stallion

i don't like it too much, must give it another spin
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meezer

Quote from: ))))(((( on February 14, 2016, 02:26:57 PM
What's the opinion on this record then? Do you guys like it? After two whole listens im having a hard time doing so myself. Seems very drab and dreary to me but i think it's the vocals that are putting me off the most here. Not to my own tastes whatsoever. Dale's drum work is great of course and what you would expect but the songs themselves just seem so dull. Nothing to get excited about at all. Some of the guitar feels a bit that way for me too. It's not a terrible record by any stretch of the imagination, but not one i'd ever wish to revisit either. I think there are much better bands around doing stuff similar to this.
Ian, just listen to this song and tell me it doesn't do anything for you.

https://youtu.be/Ietp6VX_qFw
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meezer

Quote from: ))))(((( on April 08, 2016, 11:40:57 AM
Quote from: meezer on April 08, 2016, 11:31:26 AM
Quote from: ))))(((( on February 14, 2016, 02:26:57 PM
What's the opinion on this record then? Do you guys like it? After two whole listens im having a hard time doing so myself. Seems very drab and dreary to me but i think it's the vocals that are putting me off the most here. Not to my own tastes whatsoever. Dale's drum work is great of course and what you would expect but the songs themselves just seem so dull. Nothing to get excited about at all. Some of the guitar feels a bit that way for me too. It's not a terrible record by any stretch of the imagination, but not one i'd ever wish to revisit either. I think there are much better bands around doing stuff similar to this.
Ian, just listen to this song and tell me it doesn't do anything for you.

https://youtu.be/Ietp6VX_qFw
I don't need to listen to it, i've already heard it a few times before and didn't like it. I stand 100% behind what i said previously. I know it sounds like im saying this or what i commented above to be purely contrary or a negative nancy but that isn't the case. I listen to a lot of music that is within the sphere of what this band do and quite simply it's not up to very much at all for me. Is it worse than commercial pop or some run of the mill rock? No, of course not. It's a decent stab at a good record but still an album that screams and shouts mediocre from every pore. Just so, so, so dull. Incredibly so. It's like a watered down Neurosis record of something. That being said, i think the album could have been improved considerably with better (or rather more appropriate to my tastes) vocals. It would still be dull though. I commend musicians trying things out and exploring other avenues. Creating something from nothing. But that doesn't necessarily mean i will like it. I honestly REALLY wish i could say i do, another cool band to listen to, but i just don't. Notably, it does seem like others here are (mostly) not exactly raving about the record either.
Worth a try.  :D
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