Members: John Gallagher: lead vocals/bass Mark Gallagher: guitar Joe Hasselvander: drums
Well! after such a long gap between albums we had to pull out all the stops…this was amazingly satisfying to have this album come together…recorded in Vienna VA with Kevin 131 at the helm
we touch on our roots with a few songs & with the combo of killer sound & breakneck performances, but stretch out a bit without losing the “Raven” feel - we took time in the writing & final touches but got the live feel also!
Comments from John:
intro: we wanted a little “fiddly bit” to start off proceedings- jungle drums, guitars, sound effects and yes... violin (I tracked it at home to spare everyone else the horror...)
Against the grain: rip yer face off!!! love this one, great riffs, pummelling drums!! Breaking you down: already a live fave, a slightly more mid tempo beatdown!
Under your radar: upping the speed & no messing around, some fun unison bass/guitar runs in the middle and I get to scream…a lot!
Walk Through Fire: sums up the last few years nicely... sick riffs & breaks!
Bulldozer: opens with impending doom... then break out the swagger!!! almost a blues shuffle beat - right in yer gut! and theres a 12 string bass solo..and why not?
Long Days Journey: atmospherics... love the way this builds…fun to play live also - great solo from Marcus Algerius...
Trainwreck: Brittany who? we wrote this just before we went in ..inspired by the tabloids..
Grip: a relentless churning rifforama... Joe destroys on this...
Running around in circles: a shade more melodic - but still kicks, one of the first ones we did!
Hard Road: very biographical lyrics... sick guitar sounds on this...
Armaggedon: a bit of an epic mate... imagine if one of those “the end of the world is nigh” guys was actually right??
Attitude: title says it all - a forearm smash in the kisser...
Necessary Evil(Japan only): our glam roots are showing!
Space Station#5: during the end of the session... me: ”hmmm... can we do space station #5?” Mark & Joe ” sure...’ then we tore it a new one…! Montrose - the one & only!
