Acclaimed heavy-psych duo from Aotearoa terrestrial language They release their long-awaited second album great disturbing today Friday June 14th via In the red registers.
"We are proud to announce the second album from New Zealand's Earth Tongue, an incredible heavy rock two-piece guaranteed to melt faces." - In the red registers
great disturbing see the duo Gussie Larkin (voice, guitar) and Ezra Simons (vocals, drums) reach new heights and horrors, possessed by relentless riffs and demonic distortion. The album represents an evolution of Earth Tongue's first album. be floating (2019), and delivers a soundworld that is unmistakably Earth Tongue but distinctly different from their previous release as the band enters their fastest, most energetic era. Along the nine tracks of great disturbingHorror movie themes from the '60s and '70s prevail, but it's the brutal wall of sound with layers of guitar fuzz, soaring harmonies, swinging vintage synths and drum fills that will linger long after the credits roll.
great disturbing was performed live and recorded in multiple sessions in Jonathan Pearce (The Beths) Karangahape Road studio in Auckland, New Zealand. Many songs were rewritten during recording, and some were removed entirely as the band paid special attention to ensuring that the album took listeners on a clear journey, feeling each song as part of the whole.
The bond shared between Larkin and Simons brings an additional dimension to their creative process both in the studio and on stage. โBeing in a relationship brings an extra element of trust to the band,โ says Larkin, โThere's a kind of telepathy that occurs between us when we play live, especially with difficult starts and stops. When we record we sing together, on opposite sides of the room. It helps us focus and makes recording a lot more fun, especially when we scream โDEAAAAAATH!!!โ with each other during the recording of the song Nightmare.โ
The band is currently in the middle of a 50-date tour across Europesupporting the American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Ty Segall, in addition to performing at several of the main alternative music festivals across the continent. Their show count this year is already high, having supported stoner rock royalty Acid King across Europe in May, and three arena shows in New Zealand supporting Queens of the Stone Age.
Today terrestrial language He will also reveal the single from the album Focus and the music video for Nightmare.
Directed by Levi Strauss Cranston and filmed alongside the video for the recent single. Out of this hellHe Nightmare The video follows Larkin as she delves deeper into the illness of isolation, tormented by a faceless figure in a black cloak.
"This is an unusual track for us," says Simons of the song, "It's an upbeat, energetic song with a frenetic, aggressive feel...it's about someone avoiding their waking life by escaping their nightmares, and it was one of the last songs to be added to the album."
Photo credit: Warren Rodricks.
