Los Angeles psychedelic / progressive rock band Bigelf’s brand new
album Cheat the Gallows is now available for free streaming exclusively on
leading online social media network imeem. The full album preview allows
fans to experience the upcoming Bigelf release a full week prior to the
album’s August 12 release date. Check out the premiere now at this location
.
Cheat the Gallows was recorded at Kung Fu Gardens studios in North
Hollywood and produced by Bigelf frontman Damon Fox. The album features 10
diverse tracks of hallucinatory hard rock, showcasing the band’s
multi-layered arrangements, rich, sophisticated vocal harmonies and Fox’s
spectacular dual-Mellotron / Hammond organ / Moog synthesizer saturations.
On Cheat the Gallows, Bigelf’s “new classic” sound blends strong
post-Hendrix ferocity with a potent post-Beatles tunefulness, resulting in
diabolically-heavy pop rife with epic guitars, infectious hooks and
unforgettably refined melody patterns that will undoubtedly find appeal with
classic hard rock fans, vintage prog-heads and heavy metal enthusiasts
alike.
In addition to hearing the new Bigelf album in its entirety on imeem,
fans can also use imeem’s “playlist widget” to embed the record on their
blogs, web sites and profiles on other social networking services (including
MySpace and Facebook). Bigelf is the latest artist to premiere music on
imeem, which stands as the third largest social network in the U.S. with
over 27 million users. This year, artists including U2, Radiohead, Scarlett
Johansson, New Order, The Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne and more have
debuted new music and videos on imeem.
The first single released from Cheat the Gallows is the sensational
cut “Money, It’s Pure Evil”. Lyrically, “Money.” is a philosophical look at
how the almighty dollar “changes people” while musically, the track rides on
a Lennon-McCartney-infused tidal wave of expression. An in-studio montage
featuring images of the band recording Cheat the Gallows can be viewed
online at this location .
When asked about the new album, Bigelf frontman / keyboardist Damon
Fox comments, “Every decade needs a defining rock opera / concept album to
stir the pot and get people inspired about music again. I believe “Cheat
the Gallows” is one of those albums.”
The final track listing for Cheat the Gallows is as follows:
1. Gravest Show on Earth
2. Blackball
3. Money,It’s Pure Evil
4. The Evils of Rock & Roll
5. No Parachute
6. The Game
7. Superstar
8. Race With Time
9. Hydra
10. Counting Sheep
In support of Cheat the Gallows, Bigelf has announced a string of live
performances including a day-of-release in-store performance at Amoeba
Records Hollywood on August 12 and a special Los Angeles record release
show, set to take place on Wednesday, August 13 at The Roxy.
Bigelf’s mesmerizing live performances — boasting theatrics
reminiscent of rock shows from the 70’s — have seen praise from such music
luminaries as Alicia Keys, former Nirvana / current Foo Fighters front man
Dave Grohl, Black Crowes head-honcho Chris Robinson and Serj Tankian of
System of A Down (who released Bigelf’s second record Money Machine through
his own Serjical Strike Records). In 2007, Bigelf teamed with pop superstar
Christina Aguilera to record a cover of the John Lennon classic “Mother” for
the major benefit-album project “Instant Karma: The Amnesty International
Campaign to Save Darfur”.
In addition to Fox, Bigelf features Ace Mark (guitars), Duffy Snowhill
(bass) and Froth (drums).
“(a) seamless tapestry of Floydian space rock, Beatles melodies and
stonernaut muscle. This album—their fourth, btw—shows they aim to claim
their rightful place in America’s rock consciousness.” –
BLURT
“Speaking of bold statements, here’s one: if Bigelf did exist in the
heyday of
ELO,
QUEEN, or “Ziggy Stardust”-era
DAVID BOWIE, not only would
Bigelf be mentioned in the same breath as those acts. they’d give ‘em a
fucking run for their money. Bigelf perform like their lives depend on it”
(10/10) –
BLABBERMOUTH
“Psychedelic cult-metal” –
MTV NEWS
“Bigelf are pretty hot. Then again, they kind of have to be when you
consider the band’s sound is a startlingly precise hybrid of Black Sabbath
and Pink Floyd. Psychedelic sorcery harmonics and outer space orgy metal
courtesy of four guys from Los Angeles? Yeah, that’ll do.” –
DECIBEL
“If you like your stoner metal to tip the hat blatantly to the greats,
or if you like your classic rock with a hint of metal and a dash of prog,
then you’ll appreciate Bigelf’s broad sense of tradition.major-league” –
HARTFORD ADVOCATE
“(A) mixture of Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and other
progressive late-60’s / early-70’s innovators.bombastic” –
REVOLVER
“Satisfyingly heavy, psychedelically disorienting and gorgeously
melodic, L.A.‘s Bigelf mines the best of ’70s hard rock – even the keyboards
and vocal harmonies – to produce a record destined for Valhalla.” –
DENVER
WESTWORD
“Los Angeles rockers Bigelf are one of the most notoriously
over-the-top bands going right now. Think arena-rock. Think loud, heavy
and fu-kin’ awesome. Think you can handle it?” –
TRANSWORLD SURF
“Bigelf is the best-kept rock’n‘roll secret in LA. They’re sorta like
an evil Beatles, really. Or a biker Queen.” –
CLASSIC ROCK
Bigelf tour dates:
August 12 Hollywood, CA Amoeba Records (7:00 PM)
August 13 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy (Cheat the Gallows album
release show!)