SUN AND SAIL CLUB (w/ The Adolescents, Fu Manchu, Fireball Ministry members) blast new single “District 19”; new album out October 18 on Heavy Psych Sounds.
US punk and metal supergroup SUN AND SAIL CLUB (with members of The Adolescents, Fu Manchu and Fireball Ministry) blast the third and final single off their anticipated new album “Shipwrecked”, slated for an October 18th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
After a nine-year hiatus, SUN & SAIL CLUB have come back swinging! The band is formed by the all-star lineup of Scott Reeder (Fu Manchu, Smile) on drums, Scott Reeder (ex-Kyuss and The Obsessed, Fireball Ministry) on bass, Bob Balch (Fu Manchu, Big Scenic Nowhere) on guitar and Tony Adolescent (The Adolescents) on vocals, with a guest appearance from Tony Reed (Mos Generator, Big Scenic Nowhere) on synths.
An explicit comment on kids accessing assault weapons and shooting up their community, the new single “District 19” was inspired by bands like Black Flag, Voivod and Die Kreuzen. “Some of these riffs are pretty difficult to play because it jumps around the neck a ton. I had to get pretty caffeinated to pull it off,” says guitarist Bob Balch.
Theirfirst album in nearly a decade is more aggressive than the previous two records as if that was even possible. “Shipwrecked” proceeds to rip your face off from start to finish. Fully realized and to the point. Fast and dissonant. A rhapsodic, fun and punishing heavy-punk charge which the power foursome describes as their strongest album yet!
About the album, Bob Balch says: “This album is a compilation of riffs collected over nine years. Most of the songs were written last year but some have been floating around for a while. There is a general sense of unease throughout. I wanted to make an album that went one step further than “The Great White Dope.” The songs are faster and more intense at times. It’s basically the soundtrack of me beating the shit out of my guitar. Then you factor in Scott Reeder on drums, Scott Reeder on bass and Tony Adolescent on vocals and you’ve got something more than I could have imagined by myself. This album is raw and pummeling. If you’re a glutton for punishment this might be your desert Island record.”
“Shipwrecked” was recorded at Jim Monroe’s The Racket Room, Casa De Balch, and Scott Reeder’s The Sanctuary. Mixed by Jim Monroe and mastered by Tony Reed at HeavyHead Recording Co. The band is also set to reissue their first two records “Mannequin” and “The Great White Dope” on October 25th, with preorders available at this location.
SUN AND SAIL CLUB “Shipwrecked”
Out October 18th on Heavy Psych Sounds (LP/CD/digital)
SUN & SAIL CLUB is Bob Balch of Fu Manchu (guitar/vocoder/vocals), Scott Thomas Reeder of Kyuss / The Obsessed (production, bass) and Fu Manchu drummer Scott Reeder. The band’s debut album “Mannequin” was released in the spring of 2014. The band would recruit Tony Adolescent of legendary punk rock band The Adolescents for the follow-up album “The Great White Dope”, released in July 2015. Together these three musicians, heralded in their own right for spending the past few decades writing albums that would turn the world of hard rock and metal on its head, have united to create one of the most groundbreaking and arguably most pummeling and original albums the world has ever known.
SUN AND SAIL CLUB is
Tony Adolescent – vocals
Bob Balch – guitar, vocoder, vocals
Scott Thomas Reeder – bass, production
Scott Reeder – drums
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