All Them Witches: New Album Due in Feb.; Rockpalast Video Posted
Start the video below at about 37 minutes in and you’ll be treated to a new song from All Them Witches. The jam-prone Nashville heavy psych-blues rockers just wrapped a European tour alongside Israel’s The Great Machine, and while we knew back in September that their fourth album was done, when the aforementioned new song, “3-5-7,” ends, bassist/vocalist Michael Parks, Jr., confirms it will be out in Feb. 2017. One assumes the release will be through New West Records, through which the four-piece made their debut with 2015’s Dying Surfer Meets His Maker (review here), their third outing which they’ve spent much of this year on the road supporting.
Of course, after you check out “3-5-7” and sate your curiosity, you’ll want to go back to the start, as Parks, guitarist Ben McLeod, drummer Robby Staebler and Fender Rhodes-ist/violinist Allan Van Cleave run through tracks from Dying Surfer Meets His Maker and its two predecessors, 2013’s Lightning at the Door (review here) and 2012’s Our Mother Electricity (review here), starting with the thrust of “Dirt Preachers” before digging into wide-open-feeling versions of “Charles William” and “The Death of Coyote Woman.” The vibe is immediate and largely impermeable throughout the 80-minute set (there’s an interview included at the end as well), and not that All Them Witches needed to do much to prove their on-stage chemistry, but I’ll just say that there are very few bands I’ll sit of whom I’ll sit and watch a full live video front to back. They’re one of them.
The fact that it’s Rockpalast helps too when it comes to the utter professionalism of the video shoot, but even just listening to the audio I think my point stands up. Goes without saying their next record is among the most anticipated for 2017, so I’ll have more when I have it.
In the meantime, please dig in and enjoy:
All Them Witches, Live on Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany, Nov. 7, 2016
All Them Witches – Live in Cologne 2016
Track list:
01. Dirt Preachers
02. Charles William
03. The Death Of Coyote Woman
04. When God Comes Back
05. Mountain
06. Open Passageways
07. Talisman
08. 3-5-7
09. The Marriage Of Coyote Woman
10. Elk Blood Heart
11. Blood And Sand – Milk And Endless Waters
12. My Middle Name Is The Blues
13. Swallowed By The Sea
14. Interview with All Them Witches
Michael Parks Jr. – vocals, guitar, bass
Ben McLeod – guitar
Allan Van Cleave – keyboards, violin
Robby Staebler – drums
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Tags: All Them Witches, Nashville, New West Records, Rockpalast, Tennessee
I was lucky enough to have made the trek to Montreal to see them when they played there about a year ago. Having poured over their first three albums many many times, my expectations were set pretty high and sometimes I am let down by a live performance but man, they did not disappoint. The show was freakin’ amazing and it was one of the few shows I’ve seen where I immediately wanted to see it again. (and I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy of Effervescent as well ). All I can say is, come back, don’t forget about us up here in Canada!