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Ivy Garden of the Desert Post New Video for “Please”

Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 8th, 2015 by JJ Koczan

ivy garden of the desert (Photo by Vic Balica)

Italian three-piece Ivy Garden of the Desert — who’ve gotten way harder to classify as time has gone on than their “we play stoner rock” moniker implies — are getting ready to release their fourth EP later this month. Out Sept. 21, Limen follows a trilogy of shorter releases set up as a running theme but that nonetheless grew increasingly complex from one to the next. The newly-posted video for “Please” from Limen shows the three-piece continuing to progress. I’m not sure if it’s part of the same narrative thread as the trilogy or if they’re onto something else entirely in theme — they call it a “bridge,” so take that as you will — but they’ve clearly worked hard to find a progressive niche for themselves in heavy rock, and more and more they seem to be succeeding.

To wit, “Please” takes a near-industrial rhythmic foundation and sets it against a brooding prog-heavy riff, building and getting louder as it moves forward, but never quite giving up its atmospheric beginning, bolstered through an early stretch of piano and quiet vocals. If it takes a listen or two to fully sink in, that’s pretty clearly the idea, so cheers to Ivy Garden of the Desert for their continuing refusal to be pinned down to one side or the other.

If you’re sensitive to strobe, you might want to watch out for the second part of the video, after it switches from the living room to the blue flashing darkness, but even if you wind up just listening, it’s worth the time to do that. Either way, enjoy:

Ivy Garden of the Desert, “Please” official video

Electric Valley Records is pleased to announce a new release!!!

IVY GARDEN OF THE DESERT – LIMEN

“Limen” is the bridge EP that takes place between the Ivy-Trilogy concept (released by Nasoni Records) and the band’s first full-lenght (2017/2018?).
Release date: September 21th, 2015

Video credits: full production by Paolo Martini & I.G.O.T.D.

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Ivy Garden of the Desert Make a Monster in New Video for “Life?”

Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 5th, 2013 by JJ Koczan

That headline isn’t a question, by they way. Italian heavy rock trio Ivy Garden of the Desert are definitely making a monster in the video, and then they seem to be headbanging with that monster in their underwear? Not really sure how it gets to that point, but it does, and even given that, my favorite part of the entire clip is when it says at the very beginning that it’s based on a true story. It’s true, Frankenstein was a story.

Still, the three-piece from Treviso get down with heavy grooves no less disturbing in the new song “Life?” which comes from their forthcoming Limen EP, their first offering following earlier 2013’s I Ate of the Plant and it was Good, which concluded a series of three extended play releases that also resulted in 2012’s Blood is Love (review here) and the preceding 2011 outing, Docile (review here). Some of the riffing speaks to a kind of dark metal feel like a slightly more psychedelic Cultura Tres, brooding with an underlying aggression that you’re never quite sure when or if it’s going to take off.

And yes, the story of the scientist named “I Doesn’t Care” does end (spoiler alert) with a hilarious headbang session, so kudos to Ivy Garden — guitarist/vocalist Diego Bizzaro, bassist Paolo Martini and drummer Alexander Puntel — for not taking themselves too seriously even when making a video that’s pretty grim up to that point, playing out like a silent horror movie tinted green. They’ve never shied away when it’s been time to get weird, and “Life?” is no exception.

Enjoy:

Ivy Garden of the Desert, “Life?” official video

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