Neckbolt has revealed new single "Marianne 05" by way of a vivid, animated video.
Stream the clip, here: https://feckingbahamas.com/exclusive-neckbolt-give-us-ecstatic-breathless-daymares-with-new-music-video
Pre-order the band's new album, (dream dump) – out September 22nd on Born Yesterday Records – here: https://bornyesterday.limitedrun.com/products/745787-dream-dump
Fecking Bahamas reports: "Neckbolt have a morbidly psychedelic sound, with apparently much inspiration coming from a place of dreams – and not necessarily just the good ones... It’s a pretty freakish screed – hushed, grating, unpredictable yelps punctuate the pulsing chaos in a way that reminds us of both Oh Sees and Lightning Bolt, but also the sludgy recklessness of Body Void and Chat Pile."
The lyrics to "Marianne 05," and all the songs on (dream dump), have their roots in the dreams of vocalist James Roo, who also created the "Marianne 05" video. The band gives this statement: "'Marianne will be there,' James remembers from a dream. It’s not clear, but it’s enduring. James has been thinking about that dream since 2009."
With members in Austin and Oklahoma City, Neckbolt conjures a psychedelic strain of noise-rock that belongs on the freakiest fringes of the genre, amongst the likes of Boredoms and Arab on Radar, as well as the aforementioned bands. Guitarist Benjamin Krause claims he is "uninterested in the masculine sound that can be associated with noise rock" and is instead "interested in exploring sounds associated with hypnagogic residue and full spectrums of emotion."
Sonically, the songs on (dream dump) are as densely layered as the subconscious states they depict. Amidst peals of guitar, distorted bass, and driving rhythms, hidden treasures lie. Krause states: "There is a ton of 'ear candy' recorded with room mics or computer mics or phones. For example, we used a wooden pencil and the top of a scented candle as a placeholder for some of the auxiliary percussion on one song, to capture the rhythm that we would eventually track with real percussion. After a hundred rounds of sending this song back and forth, this 'wood block' sound ended up being ingrained in the song and we really didn’t want to mess with it. So that’s what you hear. This kind of stuff is all over the record."
With its exuberant and unorthodox approach to caustic music, Neckbolt is right at home on Born Yesterday Records, the Chicago label owned by Greg Obis of Stuck and Kevin Fairbairn of Deeper. Chicago Reader calls the label, "a crucial voice in Chicago rock."
More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2023/07/neckbolt-dream-dump.html
Photo by Blake Studdard
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