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War Cloud Release New Single “Vulture City”

Posted in Whathaveyou on April 7th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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I was all set to think of War Cloud‘s new single as their debut, but then — intrigue! A quick clickover to their BigCartel store reveals that not only is “Vulture City” not the Oakland, California, four-piece’s debut single, as posited in their initial communication, but they’ve already got an EP under their collective belt called Hurricane, with upward of five tracks on it. Entirely possible they’ve got a new lineup or something like that, and “Vulture City” is (obviously) my first exposure to the band, but just because it’s the only thing on their Bandcamp page doesn’t mean it’s the only thing they’ve put out. Life lessons all over the place.

First or no, “Vulture City” finds War Cloud digging into an encouraging dual-guitar blend of early thrash and heavy rock and roll, not necessarily out of place with the West Coast’s current riffy boom, but looking for a niche within it. I asked vocalist/guitarist Alex Wein for some comment on the track, and he confirmed that War Cloud will hit the studio again this summer and tour on the West Coast.

Info on “Vulture City,” words from him and the stream of the song itself follow here:

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Our latest track, Vulture City, now available here!

Recorded at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco, California. Mixed and mastered by Ron Graves.

Alex Wein on “Vulture City”

War Cloud received the opportunity to record at Different Fur Studios for Converse Rubber Tracks and we wrote Vulture City only days prior. We draw from all eras of rock, bringing Lizzy-like twin guitar leads, driving Motörhead rhythms, and bellowing Pentagram vocals. We are booked to record again in July at Louder studios for various upcoming projects and splits, which will be announced soon, as well as a west coast tour towards the end of Summer.

Alex Wein – Vocals/Guitar
Tony Campos – Guitar/Vocals
Sean Nishi – Bass/Vocals
Joaquin Ridgell – Drums/Vocals

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War Cloud, “Vulture City”

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