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Throttleroad Release Turncoat June 24

Seven years after releasing their third LP, Pig Charmer (review here), vaguely-Chesapeake three-piece Throttlerod return with Turncoat on June 24 via Small Stone Records. In some ways, the new record picks up where the last one left off, bringing thick tones and noise-style heavy rock to bear across an aggressive but still atmospheric span, but there’s a noteworthy departure as well in that the band worked with producer J. Robbins (Clutch, among many others), and I think you can hear that shift even on opening cut “Bait Shop,” which just happens to be streaming now.

While we’re talking odd coincidences, it also just happens that I wrote the bio included with the album info below. Funny how that works out. Kudos to Throttlerod for dedicating Turncoat to the enduring memory of Puny Human vocalist Jim Starace, who is much missed.

From the PR wire:

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THROTTLEROD: Long-Running Rock Trio To Release Fourth Full-Length; Record Dedicated To Puny Human Vocalist Jim Starace + New Track Posted

THROTTLEROD has always had a knack for surprising, and their fourth album, Turncoat, is no exception. After making the transition from four-piece to trio, the outfit offered up their third full-length, Pig Charmer, in 2009, and took a left turn from their earlier, riffier vibes to blistering and aggressive noise rock. Like all their prior work, it was produced by Andrew Schneider, and had a sharpness in its chug that, while it still grooved, was clearly looking to accomplish something apart from the band’s earlier three LPs: 2000’s Eastbound And Down, 2003’s Hell And High Water, and 2006’s Nail, as well their quiet, semi-unplugged 2004 EP, Starve The Dead.

While the biggest change that Pig Charmer brought about was in lineup, Turncoat goes even further. Instead of going back to record as they always had, the band hooked up with J. Robbins (Clutch, Coliseum, Against Me!) to lay down Turncoat’s twelve tracks, and the result of the new collaboration is that the album not only follows-up on the aggro promise of Pig Charmer, but builds it outward, in a way that’s more melodically resonant and as much about emotional expression as sonic impact.

Dedicated to the memory of Puny Human vocalist Jim Starace, who passed away in 2012, and who had guested on Nail, Turncoat is an important step forward for the band, but much more, it’s a killer rock album, and whatever THROTTLEROD go through from one record to the next, and whoever happens to be sitting at the helm, that’s the underlying thread. It just wouldn’t be THROTTLEROD if it didn’t kick ass… and offer a surprise or two along the way.

Turncoat was engineered and mixed by J. Robbins at Magpie Cage in Baltimore, Maryland, mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio in Cornwall, New York and will see release on CD and digitally June 24th, 2016 through Small Stone Recordings.

Turncoat Track Listing:
1. Bait Shop
2. Lazy Susan
3. Never Was A Farmer
4. Lima
5. Turncoat
6. You Kicked My Ass At Losing
7. Gainer
8. Every Giant
9. Cops And Robbers
10. Breadwinner 1
13. I Know A Ship
12. The Guard

THROTTLEROD is:
Matt Whitehead – guitar, vocals
Kevin White – drums
Jeremy Plaugher – bass

http://www.facebook.com/Throttlerod
http://www.smallstone.com
http://www.facebook.com/smallstonerecords
https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/turncoat

Throttlerod, “Bait Shop”

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