Heavy Temple to Release Chassit Jan. 27 on Ván Records
I’m not going to attempt to hide my affection for Heavy Temple‘s debut album, Chassit (review here), and I think it would be silly to try. There was a reason I asked them to open the first-ever The Obelisk All-Dayer this past August in Brooklyn, and it’s because I believe in their blend of hard-hitting tone, songwriting and rolling groove, and the force with which they delivered all of them from the Saint Vitus Bar stage that day was vindicating in the extreme. Three years from now, you’re gonna wish you’d been there to see it. If you weren’t. They did pull a pretty good early crowd.
This is just a quick update to let you know that if you haven’t gotten a copy of Chassit or have an aversion to tapes, respected purveyor Ván Records — which also released Heavy Temple‘s 2014 self-titled debut EP (review here) — will have a CD version out Jan. 27, 2017. Only question I have now is whether to count it as one of 2016’s best debuts or one of 2017’s. Either way, you know damn well it’s on the list, which’ll be posted here next month.
Till then, this from the PR wire:
Heavy Temple – ‘Chassit’ Update
Chassit will now be released on January 27th via Van Records and Tridroid Records. The CD version of Chassit will be released via Van Records and the cassette will be released via Tridroid Records.
Heavy psych/doom band HEAVY TEMPLE are pleased to announce that they will release their new EP Chassit on January 27th 2017. The EP will initially be available on cassette and digital formats via Tridroid Records and will CD will be available via Van Records.
Tridroid Recordsl owner Christine Kelly commented about the signing “Tridroid Records is proud to bring Chassit into the physical realm. I was floored by their first EP and drove to Philly to see them play live 2 years ago. The performance was so enthralling that I’ve gone on to see them 3 more times, each performance better than the last. They’re a Heavy Temple in the truest sense, massive both sonically and psychically.”
Heavy Temple formed at the end of 2012 with High Priestess Nighthawk on bass and vocals and presently features Siren Tempestas on drums and Archbishop Barghest on guitar.
The band will also be playing some shows throughout the next few months. All dates can be found below:
Nov. 15th – Philly, w/ Toke
Nov. 16th – Pittsburgh w/ Toke
Nov. 17th – Dayton, OH w/ Toke
Nov. 18th – 1st Annual Doomed and Stoned Fest , 5th Quarter Lounge, Indianapolis, IN w/ Toke, COUGH, Youngblood Supercult, and more
https://www.facebook.com/HeavyTemple/
https://heavytemple.bandcamp.com
https://www.van-records.de/
https://tridroid.bandcamp.com/album/chassit
