"When you're alone and in your head / Do you feel empty feel misled / Things and people you'll forget / Superficial so direct..."
The massive alt rock power and grunge dusted beauty of "Superficial", by Atlanta-Georgia's / Asheville- North Carolina's Tongues Of Fire, cuts a wide sonic path invoking everything from 90's mosh pits in small cinder block secret venues and Italian police sirens in a horror movie yet to be made. I am loving the blending of post punk, of grunge, of noise rock, of metal as a pure smoky angst storm to inhale into your lungs. Guitarist Lowell Hobbs' vocal countenance feels rock cool, darkly dreamy and emotionally wrought (just like his screams).
From LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[...singer/guitarist Lowell Hobbs wrestles with internal frustrations and searches for an escape. That restlessness is something that is at the core of these new recordings. The unspoken question is “where does that dissatisfaction take you? Is there a web of online conspiracy theories at the end of it? A crippling reliance on chemicals to ease the mind? Numbly binging bland, superficial media?]
[Tongues Of Fire returns with the announcement of their sophomore full-length (out May 13th on Godless America). This self-titled album features ripping re-masters of four singles released since the band’s "Burn Your Body Clean" EP. ...accompanied by the release of the new single and video, “Superficial”.]
[Says Hobbs, "This new record isn't trying to give any answers but instead captures an experience shared by many. It's about the struggle to stay afloat and remain sane in America. 'Superficial' is a response to the endless torrent of surface level media that dominates our every waking moment."]
-Robb Donker Curtius
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
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Most bands fit cleanly within a genre but Tongues of Fire don't. At their heart they are a punk band, their shows are unhinged, the music is straightforward and hard hitting, there is no trace of pomp or excessiveness but they are accessible and there is a well crafted feel to what they do. The production on their albums is clean and the instrumentals deceptively complex. They have many contemporaries and influences like Bloc Party, Slint, IDLES and The Fall of Troy but can't be compared to them. Tongues of Fire are firmly themselves, and intent on moving the scene forward.
alternative rock, indie rock, Tongues of Fire, garage rock, massive guitar rock tones, fierce drumming, passionate vocal wail, "Room", EP "Burn My Body Clean", "Superficial" Official Video,
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