Prehistoric Pigs Premiere Video for Title-Track of New Album The Fourth Moon
Posted in Bootleg Theater on November 19th, 2021 by JJ Koczan
Italian instrumental three-piece Prehistoric Pigs release their fourth LP, The Fourth Moon, on Nov. 26 through respected purveyor Go Down Records. And if it seems like the album and the moon are perhaps in alignment as regards “fourth,” that’s really just the start of the synergy the Mortegliano trio have on offer throughout the six-song/37-minute riff-ride. Taking the classic desert-style crunch of Kyuss and gradually shoving it out an airlock into free-floating cosmic radiation, Prehistoric Pigs end up on touching on familiar ground, but with a particular emphasis on the hypnotic aspects of groove. That is to say, The Fourth Moon, with its individual pieces uniformly in the five-to-six-minute range, likewise united in their purpose of following with Juri Tirelli‘s guitar leads, is an easy record to follow along its course. More importantly, a fun one.
Long-converted heads will have no problem whatsoever drawing the line between the chug of “Left Arm” and the band’s Karma to Burn influence, or hearing the Blues for the Red Sun-meets-Helmet shove underlying “Crototon,” and
Prehistoric Pigs — Juri Tirelli on guitar, brother Jacopo Tirelli on (dat) bass (it’s the first thing you hear on opener “C35” and that’s just fine) and cousin and drummer Mattia Piani — want nothing for chemistry in their delivery with four albums and a lifetime of familial living together backing them. The Fourth Moon makes no pretense about where it’s coming from or its desire to commune with those who’d take it on. It’s not about breaking ground so much as sharing the joy of heavy riffs and hard-hitting grooves. “The Fourth Moon” offers satisfying turns across its six and a half minutes, and the video that’s premiering below presents that with due reflected-down-the-middle atmospherics, but even in the raucous finale “Meteor 700,” the band never engage more of a blowout than they mean to.
Are they making trouble? Oh, for sure, but their shenanigans offer neither cruelty nor tragedy. Instead, it’s the cheeky charm of straight-ahead heavy rock and roll. They might talk about camels in space and all that — that’s good fun, and if that’s what these songs are about, I’m certainly nobody to argue — but what I hear in “The Fourth Moon” and across the entirety of the record that shares its name is a love of the form of heavy rock that these three players are sharing in unbridled fashion with their audience. They know where they’re coming from. You know where they’re coming from. So everybody just relax and have a good time with it and that’ll be a little slice of awesome that everyone can share who wants to. As genre missions go, few could hope for such nobility, and again, there’s nothing to be found here but a good time.
Stoner. Fucking. Rock.
Enjoy:
Prehistoric Pigs, “The Fourth Moon” official video
SAYS THE BAND:
Have you ever ridden a space camel? It keeps on going until it reaches the fourth moon, where it drinks for a thousand years. If you don’t have plans, jump on!
Directed by Blubanana blubananastudio@gmail.com
Shot by Fabio Panigutto and Anna Vittoria.
Edited by Fabio Panigutto.
Lighting technician: Biascica
‘The Fourth Moon’ is the title track from Prehistoric Pigs’ fourth studio album, due out on November, 26 2021 on vinyl, all digital platforms and at https://godownrecords.bandcamp.com
Pre-order the purple LP at https://www.godownrecords.com/product-page/prehistoric-pigs-the-fourth-moon-LPx
Pre-order the black LP at https://www.godownrecords.com/product-page/prehistoric-pigs-the-fourth-moon-LP
digital single https://bfan.link/the-fourth-moon
album pre-save https://bfan.link/the-fourth-moon-1
LINE-UP:
Juri Tirelli | guitar
Jacopo Tirelli | bass
Mattia Piani | drums
