Sandrider to Reissue Armada in July
Seattle heavy noise trio Sandrider already have one of the best albums of 2023 under their collective belt in Enveletration (review here), which came out in early March and is their fourth album overall and first for Satanik Royalty Records. That same label signed the band in 2021 at its launch and has been working through reissuing their back catalog. 2022 brought new pressings for their 2011 self-titled debut (review here) and 2013’s Godhead (review here), and to follow Enveletration because what is time anyway is 2018’s Armada (review here).
I actually revisited Armada ahead of reviewing Enveletration, and, well, it’s held up. I mean, that should be about as much a surprise as the sun rising on a given morning, but it was somewhat reassuring all the same. The more people who hear this band, the better, so whether that’s the new album, the third, second or first, whatever. Spend your money. The hell are you saving it for? Someday you’re gonna be a billionaire? Fuck that. Never happen. Get that preorder going instead and at least you’ll feel good about it when the package shows up. As regards advice, that’s the best I’ve got.
From the PR wire:
SANDRIDER: Satanik Royalty Records To Reissue Armada Full-Length From Seattle Loud Rock Trio On Limited Edition Vinyl July 21st; Preorders Available
Satanik Royalty Records will reissue Armada, the third full-length from Seattle loud rock outfit SANDRIDER, on limited edition vinyl on July 21st.
Things move at a different pace in the damp cold of the Northwest. Maybe that’s why Black Flag’s My War-era went over so well in Seattle while the rest of the country was agitated by its menacing crawl. Maybe that’s why the mid-tempo weight of grunge eclipsed Californian thrash metal in the early ’90s. And if it seems that Puget Sound lethargy has yielded too much sad-sucker folk-rock and tween indie pop in recent years, let SANDRIDER remind you of Washington’s long history of crushing thunderhead riffs.
Initially released in 2018 via Good To Die Records, on Armada, SANDRIDER continues to staunchly refuse to be anything other than the fiercest, grittiest, riff-driven rock band possible. Armada is an immaculately rendered documentation of the fury and fortitude of SANDRIDER, and Satanik Royalty is proud to re-release the Matt Bayles (Mastodon, ISIS, The Sword) engineered album to the masses on limited edition vinyl and digital formats.
Find preorders at the Satanik Royalty webshop at THIS LOCATION: https://www.satanikroyaltyrecords.com/product/sandrider-armada-12-gatefold
or Bandcamp at THIS LOCATION: https://sandrider.bandcamp.com/album/armada
Armada Track Listing:
1. Hollowed
2. Industry
3. Creep
4. Banger
5. Brambles
6. Lineage
7. Lungs
8. Armada
9. AAApe
10. Dogwater
SANDRIDER:
Nat Damm – drums
Jesse Roberts – bass, vocals
Jon Weisnewski – guitar, vocals
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