Underrated Philly riffers Wizard Eye are gearing up to play the Feast of Krampus this weekend in their hometown and Brooklyn alongside Wino and Sixty Watt Shaman and others, but in the meantime, the three-piece have announced a new management deal with 313 Inc. (Sixty Watt Shaman, Order of the Owl, etc.) and released a new live album for pay-what-you-want download called Riff Occult Live. Pretty busy week, but if Wizard Eye are sending out 2014 with a bang — or perhaps a rumble, given their tones — one can only hope that portends an active 2015 around the release of their new album, Thunderbird Divine.

Word came down the PR wire as follows:

Wizard Eye Signs With 313 INC Artist Management; New Live Release Now Available on Bandcamp

Philadelphia psychedelic doom trio, Wizard Eye (https://www.facebook.com/wizardeye), has just announced its recent partnership with Connecticut-based 313 INC Artist Management (www.ThreeThirteenInc.com). The company’s key manager, Scott Harrington, is excited to be involved with the band.

“Sometimes you hear something that makes your heart rate jump and the little hairs on your neck stand straight up,” Harrington says. “For someone in my line of work It’s instinct telling you, ‘Damn, these guys are on fire… And we have to work with them!’

That sums up the first time I heard the giant riffs that spilled out of this killer trio. Fast forward a few months of intense negotiations, and we are proud as all hell to have Wizard Eye a part of the 313 INC Artist Management family.”

The band feels adding a management component to its strong catalog of material and its engaging live performances will help create a new level of awareness and build new opportunities for its future.

“Scott and 313 INC have a genuine interest in our music and our success, and we look forward to seeing what we can do as a team,” says Erik Caplan, guitarist/vocalist of Wizard Eye.

As a complement to this new signing and in anticipation of the band’s upcoming release,Thunderbird Divine, Wizard Eye has released a free live album, Riff Occult: Live, on Bandcamp.com. This set was recorded at The Balcony at The Trocadero in Philadelphia August 9, 2014, and it is available at https://wizardeye.bandcamp.com/album/riff-occult-live

Catch Wizard Eye’s final performances of 2014 at The Feast of Krampus (https://www.facebook.com/theFeastOfKrampus)
12/27 at Underground Arts (Philly): http://tktwb.tw/1ytK6ko
12/28 at Saint Vitus Bar (Brooklyn): http://ticketf.ly/1ub6PLB

https://www.facebook.com/wizardeye
https://wizardeye.bandcamp.com/album/riff-occult-live
www.ThreeThirteenInc.com
https://www.facebook.com/theFeastOfKrampus

Wizard Eye, Riff Occult Live (2014)

Tags: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Riff Occult Live, Unsigned bands, Wizard Eye, Wizard Eye Riff Occult Live

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