Tombstones in Their Eyes - photo by Karin Johansson
"Sounds like slow codeine-laden bliss or drug-numbing love translated into sonic form. It’s astoundingly fresh, slow core perfectly-balanced with alternative rock" – Big Takeover Magazine
"Led by John Treanor’s wistful and otherworldly vocals, the track is a druggy and melancholic trip but counterbalanced with a soaring and hopeful chorus. A worthy endeavour" – Overblown Magazine
“Music so fresh, so expertly produced and melodically sound that it literally takes your breath away after one listen… utterly addictive” – Primal Music
Los Angeles’ rock outfit Tombstones in Their Eyes are releasing their ‘Fear’ EP via Send Me Your Head Records. This was preceded by the first single ‘Always There’ with accompanying video.
With this five-track release, the four-piece manage to embrace a wide range of influences, from the stoner rock of Kyuss to the warped neo- psychedelia of the likes of Spacemen 3 to the cavernous and doom-laden sounds of Electric Wizard and beyond.
Tombstones In Their Eyes’ current line-up is John Treanor (guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriter), Josh Drew (guitar, backing vocals), Mike Mason (bass, guitar) and Stephen Striegel (drums). Their musical influences include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Elliott Smith and The Melvins.
Recorded at L.A.’s Kitten Robot Studio with Paul Roessler (Nina Hagen, The Deadbeats, The Screamers, 45 Grave), this EP follows up their huge sounding ‘Bad Clouds’ EP (2016) and debut album ‘Sleep Forever’ (2014). “Paul knows exactly where I’m coming from and intuitively knows how to make what I’m feeling come through the speakers,” says John Treanor.
The band began life as a demo swapping exercise between John Treanor in L.A. and his childhood friend James Cooper, now in New York, but soon coalesced into a full fledged band. But collectives are always more than what you see on the surface. In John’s case, writing and performing songs is also a way of dealing with severe anxiety and depression, a way of talking about the subject without being the centre of the conversation, and a way of being subliminal rather than direct.
While such a starting point could easily see the music devolve into melancholy and self-absorption, here Tombstones in Their Eyes instead manage to move beyond that place and create music laced with celestial grandeur and a fuzzed out psychedelic majesty that looks out into the universe just as much as it looks inward toward the soul.
This music is also designed to connect rather than be insular. As Treanor says, “Everybody goes through hard periods in their life, and I hope that these songs make them feel less alone.”
Tombstones create walls of sound, which are simultaneously sonorous and hazy. These are cavernous, stoner lullabies that descend into post-rock soundscapes and are wrapped in dark shoegazing dreamscapes.
The cover design, created by well known psychedelic artist Darren Grealish, brings just the right image to such a mercurial collection.
TRACK LIST
1. I Want To Fly
2. Separate
3 Always There
4. Another Day
5. Fear
CREDITS
John Treanor - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Josh Drew - guitar
Mike Mason - bass/guitar
Stephen Striegel - drums (Fear, Separate, Always There)
Michael Sanger - drums (I Want To Fly, Another Day)
James Cooper - synth, electronic drums (Separate), musical guidance
Larry Salzman - percussion
Paul Roessler - keyboards
Produced by Paul Roessler and John Treanor
Recorded by Paul Roessler at Kitten Robot Studios
Mastered by Alex DeYoung
Front Cover Art by Darren Grealish
Cover Design by Steve Gerdes
Send Me Your Head Records - SND 005
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