Description

Ecstatic, vital and brilliantly unhinged, new age ragers Guerilla Toss promote positive energy and twisted spirituality through the less-travelled path of brutal, intelligent, live rock & roll dance music. Like a hurricane of healing bliss, a Guerilla Toss concert is more of a ritual than a performance. It is the unique pairing of musical voices and backgrounds that makes Guerilla Toss such a special party band. Theyre more than that, however Guerilla Toss get real when you pay close attention. Their music is inspired by tragedy and beauty, drug addiction / mental illness and the re-birth of the soul through spiritual practice and psychedelic drug healing helping the listener overcome these hardships.

Following the release of the acclaimed Flood Dosed EP in 2015, their first recordings for DFA Records (which cemented support from folks ranging from punk icon Henry Rollins to Busy P of Justices Ed Banger Records), Guerilla Toss release their new album Eraser Stargazer via DFA.

[Lead track] Diamond Girls is about the desire to disconnect from the material properties of social interactions and boil it down to pure elemental form, explains vocalist, Kassie Carlson. Its about letting go of the bullshit to run away from smoke and mirrors.

Eraser Stargazer was written and recorded in six weeks of winter isolation in upstate New York. Fans of the group will hear all of the beloved hallmarks of the Guerilla Toss sound solid bass grooves, squealing guitars and kitchen sink percussion. Each instrument now occupies its own part of the audio spectrum, with vocalist / poet Kassie Carlsons spirited incantations brought into focus.

Album centrepiece Grass Shack is a perfect example of this leaner, yet tougher Toss. It traverses nearly seven minutes of gameshow-winner keyboard stabs, mutant funk basslines and time signature changes, all grounded by Peter Negropontes virtuosic drumming. Carlson describes the themes of the song as A deep analytical depiction of a small unit of time, with heightened senses, ripping yourself out of bed even though it might be harsh and overwhelming. Seeing patterns in the little things that make life beautiful.

Heavy subject matter permeates the rest of the record but that doesnt mean its a downer. Album closer Doll Face On The Calico Highway is the perfect summation angular guitars, bells and low-end vibrations interject and decompose as quickly as they appear, until a hissing cymbal is all that remains.

Having now relocated from Boston to New York (We felt like it was time to move closer to our favourite active bands and artists and they all just so happen to live in NYC, states Kassie), Guerilla Toss are poised to make 2016 their year.

LP format includes digital download card.