Stoner Hive’s Quick Fire Friday
It's been a while... (Sorry for the possible flashback.) But welcome! To another wild Quick Fire Friday edition... Courtesy of our in house poet: Ronny Dijksterhuis. He has once again chosen some glorious singles, videos or EP's to throw at you. And all of them are worth every second of your time. Ronny Dijksterhuis knows the deal! And you know what that means...
Things will get hot and heavy from here on in! Like molten lava!
Due to some personal stuff getting in the way, I wasn't able to do much for Stoner HiVe lately, but here we are: back as fresh as possible and loading another 8 shot canon with recent releases. Don't avoid those sonic cannonballs, but catch 'em all with pride, starting with...
Jazim Rose - Diesel and The Grease
This is stunning. A one man, 100% DIY project that brings full band energy on its debut single 'Diesel and The Grease', a song that masters powerful, stonerized hard rock to perfection. Pure fuzz-driven ear candy. B-side 'Jealous on the Weekend' takes a slightly different approach, less hard-hitting with more melody, but it's another fine example of what this Australian musician can do.
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Mount is a new band emerging from the sewers of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. But don't mistake new for inexperienced, because the three musicians are former members of Het Droste Effect, Hijos de Mayo and An Evening With Knives. 'Measuring Time By Feeling' is a first glimpse into their universe, where instrumental psychedelic, space-tinged solar travels interact with down to earth doom and stoner (of the relaxing woodland variety that is, not the swamp or desert kind). It carries you towards a place where - indeed - time is measured by feeling and nothing else. As a bonus there's also a delayed dimension remix of the track, which delivers more or less what it suggests. We here at Stoner HiVe are looking forward to more from these three blokes.
I guess most of our readers will know by now I like throwing in some curveballs. This time around it's the highly technical and ultra-diverse psychedelic rock from Swiss quartet Doom! Noo Yelbek, whose feeling for off-beat timing is more precise than the watches their home country is known for. Psych pop, krautrock, heavy outbursts. It's all there at various stages of this ep and within the songs itself. Bouncy and jumpy without ever keeling over. If I was pressed to describe 'YELBEK' with one word, it would probably be captivating, because that's exactly what it is.
Gatta Morta is a band consisting of Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Clinton Jacob (mr.phylzzz), JD Pinkus (Butthole Surfers, Melvins) and Coady Scott Willis (Melvins, Big Business). Their second single 'Music for Furbies' is written by Jacob and displays obvious influences from mr.phylzzz, but when put in the hands of the other three musicians it evolves to something that's smack back in the middle of all the bands mentioned above. Hitting the bullseye for the second time in a row, there are more than enough indications Gatta Morta's debut album 'Immaculator', to be released next February, will be a great one.
Every once in a while I'm fully into straight forward southern stoner metal and this here is as good as it gets. Energetic, gritty and with a groove that's impossible to deny. Pump your fist, stomp your feet, grab a six pack and off you go.
Demonpussy's music can best be described as a heavy juggernaut that balances somewhere on the brink (or should I say on the razorblade handcuffs?) of metal, sludge, stoner and punk. Their new single 'Men As Pets' gives you and indication that those handcuffs will match perfectly with a spiked dog collar put inside out around the neck of a male human being, knowing that the leash chain attached to it won't ever leave the firm grip of front woman Blaze Powers. Dang, this is heavy shit that (indeed) blazes with power. Oh yeah, and while you're diving into this song, also check out the equally impressive previous single 'Angel of Death', released back in February, which has gotten a video treatment just a few weeks ago.
Pythies is a French band and the brain child of Lise.L. Drawing much of the inspiration from nineties alternative rock, their latest single roams somewhere in no woman's land between Hole, L7, Sonic Youth and Stone Temple Pilots. With mid-paced grooves, downward hooks and a heartfelt delivery, this will probably appeal to quite some Hivelings.
Clutch - Beware the Fever
The final band of this exercise needs no introduction at all and you've all probably heard it by now, but here it is anyway: Clutch's fantastic new single 'Beware the Fever', released last Tuesday, November 10th. As this song isn't on Bandcamp, y'all have to make do with the music video. Even though there are some surprising country/bluegrass influences (especially in the verses) due to the use of a banjo throughout, this is unmistakably Clutch at their very, very best: massive riffs, a tight as fuck rhythm section, great lyrics and Neil Fallon's one of a kind vocal delivery. Instantly one of my favourite Clutch songs in years. And that's taking into account the high bar they set for themselves with (almost) every release.
Now it's time to leave you again. Have a great time checking these singles and EP's out and until next time!
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