Los Angeles-based artist’s “Give Me A Drug That Works
Forever” streaming now via Groundsounds.
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Faris McReynolds of One Finger Riot as
photographed by Andre Vippolis
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“Give
Me A Drug That Works Forever” is the latest single by One Finger Riot. Hear it via
Groundsounds
or the links below!
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“Complex and dreamlike” –USA Today
“It’s not a concept album or anything,” Los
Angeles-based musician and painter Faris
McReynolds says of The Sea, his latest album as the
one-man band, One Finger Riot. “But
there’s definitely a Side One and a Side Two, because the first half is angst,
and the second half is acceptance,” he explains of the record, arriving July 22nd.
The
Sea documents the end of a very
long relationship, and is the first One
Finger Riot full-length since a slew of releases by McReynolds in 2012, which included two from One Finger Riot and second pair from his now-shuttered ExDetectives moniker. A prolific creative, all of this musical work
is in addition to McReynolds’ “day
job” as a gallery-backed painter (see his work here.)
“I feel like it’s a song that would kick a lot of
people out of a crowded room and leave behind the interesting ones,” McReynolds says of “Give Me A Drug Works Forever,” the lead track and first single
from The
Sea, which recently made its premiere via music discover website, Groundsounds.
Of the album’s overall sonics, which he curiously
describes as “punk-simple, but not punk-modulated,” McReynolds explains, “There’s a guy in the outskirts of L.A. who
built me a lot of inexpensive, simple, gear to get the sounds I am after. I
rely on cheap random gear from the past or one-off devices. A lot of Radio Shack and re-purposed
pre-amps.”
One of the sounds prevalent throughout The
Sea is the dry fuzz guitar tone that McReynolds says is meant to mimic “the sound my Dad’s stereo made
when I would plug my bass into the mic input as a kid.” It’s a description that calls back to the
sense of discovery and fresh perspective that permeates the entire album.
“This is the first record I’ve seen all the way
through by myself, and I think the first that sounds like it,” McReynolds affirms. “It sounds like my
previous records, but rolled into something more coherent and upright.”
Faris McReynolds of One Finger Riot is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more
information.
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One Finger Riot
The
Sea
(Post Planetary – July 22nd,
2014)
Track Listing:
02. The Sea
03. Epic Dream
04. I’m Another You
05. Flame In The Big Dark
06. All We Are Is All
07. The Hardest Part of Love
08. I’m Still You
09. The Waking Lost
10. Wanting Breaks My Heart
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One Finger Riot Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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