Worshipper Set June 1 Release for Mirage Daze Covers EP
First discussed here almost exactly one year ago, the new Worshipper covers EP, Mirage Daze, is set to arrive via Tee Pee Records on June 1. Preorders are up now for what’s the first new music to come from Worshipper since the Boston four-piece made their debut with 2016’s Shadow Hymns (review here), and even though the songs aren’t orginals, it’s a good opportunity to hear some development in the band’s studio persona and their performances on the whole, as well as get a look at some of their direct influences. If nothing else, having a studio version of their take on Pink Floyd‘s “Julia Dream,” which has been a staple of live shows more or less since their outset, is worth the cheap-as-hell price of admission.
The title, of course, is a phonetic play on Metallica‘s Garage Days covers EP, which was also a bargain when it came out.
From the PR wire:
Worshipper to Release New EP, ‘Mirage Daze’, June 1
Boston Rock Band Updates Uriah Heep, The Oath, Pink Floyd and The Who on Cover Collection
Boston hard rock band Worshipper will release a collection of cover songs titled Mirage Daze on June 1 via Tee Pee Records. The four song EP, a boisterous bash through songs by Uriah Heep (“Easy Livin”), The Oath (“Night Child”), Pink Floyd (“Julia Dream”) and The Who (“Heaven and Hell”), sees the award-winning quartet put its shredtastic spin on some of its personal favorite rock songs a la Metallica’s The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited.
Mirage Daze is the first new music issued by Worshipper since the release of its critically-acclaimed debut LP, Shadow Hymns, which dropped in summer 2016. Shadow Hymns was hailed as “a highly melodic tightrope between heavy metal, stoner rock and pop” by Decibel and as one of the best hard rock releases of the year by Magnet. Recorded just prior to the debut, Mirage Daze will serve as an electric bridge between Shadow Hymns and Worshipper’s impending sophomore LP, scheduled to be recorded this June at God City Studios in Salem, MA with Chris Johnson (Deafheaven, Summoner).
“Only once in a young bands’ life comes the time to release a debut album. For us this translated to some waiting around in the fall of 2016. With time on our hands before tour dates in support of LP #1 we parked the van and loaded gear into the new Mad Oak Studios, set up and recorded a handful of covers we had been kicking around,” comments guitarist Alejandro Necochea. “The idea was to make something quickly without the typical laboring that goes into making records – for fun. It’s our version of ‘Garage Days,’ Miraze Daze…get it? The covers are an obvious cross-section of the music on which we all agree; some classics and one on the newer side, band-favs The Oath. It’s recorded live, clams and all with just a couple overdubs here and there (a 12-string on Julia and some deep synth wows).”
Track listing:
1.) Easy Livin’ (Uriah Heep)
2.) Night Child (The Oath)
3.) Julia Dream (Pink Floyd)
4.) Heaven and Hell (The Who)
Pre-order Mirage Daze at this location.
In addition to Necochea, Worshipper features John Brookhouse (vocals / guitar), Dave Jarvis (drums) and Bob Maloney (vocals, bass).
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