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Revolving Beast and Turbojugend Kokomo Stream Tracks from New Split 12″

Posted in audiObelisk on May 29th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Seems like a safe assumption that between the feedback-soaked intro to Revolving Beast‘s “Hogs,” the Voivod-meets-MondoGenerator weirdness that plays out from there, and the acoustic, “Tiki-themed” cover of Turbonegro‘s “All My Friends are Dead” by Norwegian cover act Turbojugend Kokomo, at some point as you make your way through the nine minutes or so of music below, you’re going to wonder just what the hell is going on. It’s okay. That’s pretty much the whole idea.

The tracks come from a Self-Destructo Records split 12″ between the two vastly different acts, based alternately in North Carolina and Oslo, and yeah, things get pretty weird. Revolving Beast are given to layered solos, prog-metal rhythmic insistence, and deft turns that create overarching groove where one wouldn’t expect it could thrive. “Hogs” has a jagged feel and makes quick work of its shifts, which betrays some of the trio’s pedigree in acts like Valient Thorr, The Church of Zann and The Black Hellatones these are guys who’ve been around — but the three-piece keep a steady flow and hold the track together, which is a significant accomplishment considering how off-the-rails some of it sounds.

And “All My Friends are Dead?” Well, it’s an acoustic Turbonegro cover. At under 90 seconds, it’s over before you know it, but before then, it keeps the madcap infectiousness of the original, which appeared on Turbonegro‘s 2005 outing, Party Animals, but strips the song down to its bare bones, a verse, a hook, repeat. As zany as Turbonegro have been for the better part of the last 25 years, Turbojugend Kokomo emphasize that what’s underneath the wacky hats, drunken antics and perpetual cult following, there’s a quality of songwriting serving as the foundation for all the rest.

If you wanted something a little off from the norm, start with either. PR wire info follows the tracks below:


Self Destructo Records announces split 12” with North Carolina’s Revolving Beast and Oslo, Norway’s Turbojugend Kokomo

North Carolina power trio Revolving Beast and Scandinavian vocal/guitar quintet Turbojugend Kokomo to be featured on split LP out in late summer 2014 via Self Destructo Records. We welcome them to the family!!

Revolving Beast is a NC based power trio comprised of guitarist Benjamin Earl, drummer Storm Castañeda, and bassist Kenneth Ells. While their collective musical pedigree implies a form of rock and roll that is equal parts aggression and complexity – see Valient Thorr, Thunderlip, The Kickass, The Church of Zann, and The Black Hellatones for a short list of their previous work – they write songs in an unnamed argot. Amorphous and crystalline, a landlocked island, they pierce your hull, sever your canvas, and nurture you with their affectation.

Revolving Beast has already played a handful of shows around the Southeast area and has been met with good responses by the crowds.

Revolving Beast live:
– June 1st at The Cave (Chapel Hill, NC): Brief Lives, Revolving Beast, Bitter Resolve.

Turbojugend Kokomo is a vocal group consisting of five drunken Norwegian rock n rollers who are members of Turbojugend Oslo, the mother chapter of the Turbojugend, the global fan club of the Scandinavian hard rock band Turbonegro. Formed in the winter of 2006 under the influence of pizza and beer and hailing from the cold city of Oslo, these Beach Boy worshipping, Hawaiian shirt clad Scandinavians have traveled throughout Europe (most notably Germany and Sweden) using their natural talents to have audiences walking into bars in curiosity and walking out in disbelief since. They’ve played such events as the Welt Turbojugend Tage (St. Pauli, Hamburg) and the Oslo Bloodbath; they’ve been featured on various recordings and tribute albums from various labels (most notably for Trashcan Darlings and for Turbonegro).

Turbojugend Kokomo is:
Tanked Mongo – Vocals, Guitars and Tambourine
Party Cowboy – Vocals and Kazoo
Twin Turbo – Vocals and Triangle
Turbo Truls – Bass & Vocals
Peke PresHenning – Vocals

The two bands will have four songs each be featured on a limited split 12” LP out in early Fall 2014 via Self Destructo Records. Both bands, despite their difference in sound, are excited to be a part of this release and to be working alongside each other.

Track listing is as follows:

Turbojugend Kokomo:
1. All My Friends Are Dead
2. Whiskey in the Jar
3. Sloop John B.
4. House of The Rising Sun

Revolving Beast:
1. Four Banger
2. The Burning Of Salem
3. Hounds
4. Hogs

Revolving Beast on Thee Facebooks

Turbojugend Kokomo on Thee Facebooks

Self-Destructo Records

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