Tuesday 02.05.08: DEAD MEADOW CD Release Show @ Echoplex

Dead Meadow || Listen

For their fifth studio album (and third with Matador), Dead Meadow plan to release Old Growth on February 4th. For veteran fans of the trio, the album’s structure should come with little surprise. Like many of their past releases, there seems to be a nearly even mixture of woozily heavy psychedelic-rock and placidly atmospheric acoustical tracks. As they have proven in the past, it works to their advantage in providing an album that rarely becomes dull or tiring. In fact, apart from the exceptional Shivering King and Others, Old Growth has steadily become my favorite release from Dead Meadow. With chugging guitar-oriented tracks like “Between Me and the Ground” and “What Needs Must Be” transitioning impressively with psychedelically acoustical charmers like the exotic “Seven Seers”, it is difficult to resist such compassionate attempts at successful stylistic fusion. - Obscure Sound

with:
Midnight Movies || Listen
The Great Northwest

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $13 adv, $15 dos / 18+