Space Fisters Premiere Video for “Yellow Hills”
Posted in Bootleg Theater on June 30th, 2015 by JJ Koczan
High impact heavy rockers Space Fisters released their debut full-length, Vol. 1, late in 2014, giving nodders what for with a sound setting together a blend of fuzzy riffs and more spacious psychedelics. Prone to fits of crunch and hooks, neither are they shy about fleshing out a track like “Short Daze” or “Bozz,” their jams based around movement — guitarist Robin Pruchon, bassist/vocalist Clément Baltassat and drummer Léo Mo see to it there’s plenty, regardless of tempo or the largesse of the riff they happen to be jamming around in a given stretch — but executed with a deceptive underlying patience. From a distance or a superficial listen, they might seem repetitive, but rarely are the four tracks of Vol. 1 actually standing still.
Bookended by the longer “Short Daze” (9:10) and “Bozz” (14:30), middle cuts “Yellow Hills” (7:10) and “Goddess of Love/Priestess of Pain” (6:01) play one side off the other fluidly, the latter touching on moaning Electric Wizardry before shifting into boogie shuffle and spacebound jive then making the same tradeoff again, while “Yellow Hills” lets its fuzzy tone and crash blow the roof off before mellowing out to start a build that rises in the middle, recedes, and rises again near the finish, Baltassat‘s vocals a watery echo all the way. As a sampler piece of what Vol. 1 has to offer, “Yellow Hills” makes a particularly good slice, and no doubt that’s at least part of the motivation behind selecting it as the first video to come from the album.
Directed by Jul’ Silva, the clip for “Yellow Hills” boasts footage of the band jamming out and some strange kind of checker-pattern interpretive dancing going on, but one way or another, it’s going to grab attention. I’m happy today to be able to host the premiere of the clip, which you’ll find on the player below, followed by some more about the band from the PR wire:
Space Fisters, “Yellow Hills” official video
Formed in 2012 in the heights of Savoy, French power trio SPACE FISTERS produces a highly volcanic kind of stoner rock, that could be described as a threesome between Sleep, Earthless and The Melvins.
Their debut album « Vol.1? is a 36 minute long heavy psych uppercut delivered without any hesitation or concession. The tone in there is roaring, the rhythm section is vibrantly dauntless, while riffs regularly take off to bluesier skies, all towered by an unprecedented amount of fuzz… to make the Earth’s crust shake.
SPACE FISTERS skyrocket your minds into another dimension, and the live experience literally seizes you to the guts, as the band puts on infectiously fervent performances. Within three years, the trio already shared the stage with the likes of Red Fang, Kadavar, Earthless, Mars Red Sky, and more recently Stoned Jesus on their French tour.
Clément Baltassat – Bass & Vocals
Robin Pruchon – Guitar
Léo Mo – Drums
