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Geezer Premiere “A Flagrant Disregard for Happiness” Video; Announce Self-Titled LP Details

Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 27th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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On Nov. 18, and 19 New York heavy psych-blues trio Geezer will release their self-titled third album on Ripple Music and STB Records, thereby taking the next step in one of the most satisfying progressions of the last several years on the East Coast. They’ve worked steadily since making their debut in 2013 with the in-need-of-a-reissue-if-only-on-tape-so-I-can-stop-feeling-guilty-about-not-having-gotten-to-review-it-at-the-time Electrically Handmade Heavy Blues, and this follow-up to 2014’s EP-turned-LP Gage (review here) codifies a lot of the loose and jammier impulses they’ve shown in interim releases like the limited cassette Live! Full Tilt Boogie (review here), the “Long Dull Knife” digital single (discussed here) or even last year’s split with Washington D.C. heavyweights Borracho (review here), taking the heavy rock bounce, effects spaciousness and languid vibes and giving them a purpose around which to swirl.

I’ll have more on the record itself closer to when it’s out, but today I’m happy to be able to bring something special out from the band. As they unveil the final pressing details for geezer-a-flagrant-disregard-for-happiness-coverthe STB vinyl (Ripple handles the CD end), with that comes the news that the die-hard edition of Geezer‘s Geezer will include a bonus live album not available anywhere else. This is a separate LP — you might recall STB did something similar for Ancient Warlocks‘ 2016 outing, II (review here) — and will only be available for those who really want it. It’s called A Flagrant Disregard for Happiness, and it’s comprised of basically a half-hour-long jam recorded April 1, 2016, at Hudson Valley Psych Fest in Kingston, NY. The entire recording, parts improvised, parts plotted, all of it gloriously immersive, is being premiered below in a manipulated live video put together by Crazy Gringo.

You might notice as you make your way through the molten, rolling ebbs and flows of the sprawl that Geezer conjure on their most triumphant jam to-date that there are four people on stage. The trio lineup of guitarist/vocalist Pat Harrington, bassist Richie Touselle and drummer Chris Turco here moves Turco to baritone guitar and brings in Dan James Goodwin to handle drumming. Flexibility and fluidity extends beyond the sound of the band itself, it would seem. Fair enough.

Once again, stay tuned for more on the self-titled, but for now, go ahead and lose yourself in the premiere of “A Flagrant Disregard for Happiness” and check out the vinyl specs for the album that follow.

Please enjoy:

Geezer, “A Flagrant Disregard for Happiness” official video

Geezer’s new self titled album is already creating a huge buzz and it hasn’t even been released yet. The CD/digital release is on Friday, November 18th through Ripple Music and the vinyl release takes place on Saturday, November 19th via STB Records.

STB Records is proud to announce the long awaited details about the upcoming vinyl release.

Vinyl info:
Geezer: self-titled full length album
3 Sided Double LP – gatefold jacket
All jackets come with matte finish and spot UV effect

Die Hard Edition – Limited to 100 units.
Double LP 180g vinyl. A/B is yellow and pink swirl with blue splatter. C/D is yellow and blue swirl with pink splatter. Die Hard comes with an extra foil stamping detail. Side D will contain a silk screened image and the album will be hand numbered.

** Also included is an additional 12″ vinyl record with its own jacket and artwork with an exclusive live track on random color vinyl. No two records are the same. This is exclusive ONLY to the Die Hard Edition.**

OBI Series – Limited to 125 units.
Double LP 180g vinyl. A/B and C/D is a clear vinyl variant with black and multi colored splatter. Comes with the exclusive STB Records hand numbered alternate art work OBI Strip.

(Not So) Standard Edition – Limited to 175 units.
Double LP 180g vinyl. A/B and C/D are a nice blue cosmic swirl. Hand numbered.

World Wide Distro Edition – Limited to 200 units.
Double LP 180g vinyl. A/B and C/D is white and clear variant mix.

WW Edition will be sold exclusively through Cobraside Distribution domestically, Kozmik Artifactz in Europe and Underground Records in Australia.

All variants come with download code.

Live Album Info: Includes one 33 minute instrumental (and mostly improvised) track called “A Flagrant Disregard For Happiness”, recorded at BSP in Kingston, NY at this year’s Hudson Valley Psych Fest.

Filmed/Edited by “Crazy Gringo,” Liz Paradise and Zach Thomson
Live LP artwork by: Geddes Jones, Layout by: Kim Zangrando

The band says: “We wanted to do something different. As the ideas developed, Turco decided that he wanted to play baritone guitar for this, so we got our friend Dan Goodwin to sit behind the drums and we just let it rip. It was basically a one time thing and came out beautifully. It’s unlike anything we’ve ever done before and we’re extremely excited for people to hear it.”

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