Lamprey, The Burden of Beasts (2012)

I had Lamprey on my mind this week as I was writing about acts like Curse the Sun, The Flying Eyes and Borracho, and I consider the Portland two-bass trio in a similar (sonically diverse) league of underground heavy acts more or less waiting for someone to take notice of how together their shit actually is. Lamprey might have a little further to go before they really nail it down like the other two I just mentioned, but I dug their The Burden of Beasts EP anyway when I first streamed it last year and it seemed to me it was worth a revisit as this Friday night makes its way into Saturday morning.

This coming week, I’ll have my review up of the Vista Chino record, and probably an interview with Thomas Bellier of Blaak Heat Shujaa, but Monday starts out with a review of The Eye of the Stoned Goat 3 in Brooklyn at The Acheron tomorrow night. Lo-Pan, Gozu, Black Black Black, the aforementioned Borracho, Supermachine, Lord Fowl, Wizard Eye, Geezer, Wasted Theory. Check out the event page if you haven’t:

https://www.facebook.com/events/353125964803490/

Though I hesitate to mention it out of superstition that the whole thing will fall through, I’m thinking of the gig tomorrow as my last hurrah in New York before the big move to Massachusetts, which — again, I’m cringing as I type for fear of jinxing it — is set for Thursday. Whoever it is is slated to come hook up the internet Thursday afternoon, so hopefully I’ll be up and running for work whatnot (this being whatnot) on Friday. Either way, I expect some tumult in the middle of the week, but I’ll do my best to keep up as always. You know how it is.

But I’ve been looking forward to the Stoned Goat show, so unless a piano falls on my head between now and then, I’ll be at The Acheron. Hope to see you there.

And even if you’re not in the area, I hope you have a great and safe weekend and find someplace with a bit of rock and roll going down.

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