ZIG ZAGS, Early Moods, Wet Spinach
Zig Zags:
Zig Zags is a heavy metal/punk rock trio formed in 2010 by lead guitarist and vocalist Jed Maheu. With records on labels like In The Red, Castle Face and Riding Easy, the band has recorded albums with Ty Segall, John Dwyer and Iggy Pop as well as playing shows with Power Trip, High on Fire, Excel, Integrity, Fucked Up, Pentagram, Osees, Fuzz, and countless others across the Americas and all of Europe. Currently the band consists of Sean Hoffman on Bass and Jeff Murray Formerly of The Shrine on drums. Their latest release “Strange Masters” is a collection of greatest hits of the band re-recorded and produced by John Dwyer of the Osees. A new album will be released in the fall of 2024 and finds the band further honing the genre of “Garage Metal” they created 14 years ago. Zig Zags can play any show with anyone, anywhere, anytime…
Early Moods:
Early Moods’ sophomore album A Sinner’s Past is the ultimate dosage of classic early 70s proto-metal, 90s grunge riffing and timeless songwriting delivered with an explosive youthful energy.
The Los Angeles area quartet burst onto the scene fully formed with a sound that somehow simultaneously merged gritty underground Street Doom with slick “big box” Heavy Metal melodies on their self-titled RidingEasy debut album in 2022. And it’s the band’s highly skilled musicianship paired with exquisite aesthetic taste — in addition to their killer live show — that has made them an immediate popular favorite.
A Sinner’s Past takes those elements several steps higher with a nod to Soundgarden’s huge sonic depth, the low-mid fuzz drenched tones of Sabotage and classic 70s melodies and structures of Ulli Roth-era Scorpions. The latter in particular inspiring the album’s intricate tonal shifts and shimmering twin leads.
“I’m very proud of these songs,” says guitarist Eddie Andrade. “We did a lot of different things, took a lot of chances and show a lot of growth, and I think people will pick up on it. I was trying to use more open chords, not the typical styles. We came off touring with Candlemass and Pentagram, sharing those shows with our heroes really pumped us up. We went into the studio just hungry to record.”
The album was recorded near the band’s home base in Pico Rivera, CA by Allen Falcon of Birdcage Studios, who also mixed their debut album. “He’s a good friend of the band and we wanted to be more comfortable, in a relaxed environment for this,” Andrade says. “He had a lot of input and his ideas made a lot of impact on this recording.” The band started recording in May 2023, then worked on the album on and off for 3 months between tours, which also lends to its very refined sound.
Early Moods was founded in 2015 by Andrade and vocalist/keyboardist Alberto Alcaraz after a few years of playing in thrash and death metal projects before the two realized that the classic doom that they’d grown up with was what they really wanted to explore. Going through a few lineup changes while delving deeper into the diverging influences that were calling, Early Moods arrived at the sound and lineup that grew their fanbase locally. The band released their debut EP Spellbound in 2020 on German label Dying Victim Productions, followed by their self-titled debut full length on RidingEasy Records in 2023. Early Moods is Oscar Hernandez on lead guitar, Chris Flores on drums, Elix Felciano on bass, Alcaraz on vocals/synth and Andrade on guitar.
A Sinner’s Past will be available on LP, CD and download on March 1st, 2024 via RidingEasy Records.
Wet Spinach:
Wet Spinach ist der Traum aller Popeye Hard Rocker. Spinat, freshe Riffs, Tempo - Haare auf und ab gehts! Heavy Spinat Rock aus der Stahlstadt.
https://wetspinach.bandcamp.com/
