Hailing from Chicago, The Atlas Moth take their bluesy hometown roots and combine that with New Orleans style sludge & 60s psychedelic. Gritty and raw, yet thought out and insightful. If you grew up living in a swamp, wearing a Black Sabbath T-Shirt, and eating nothing but fried chicken, this is your band.
"Lord knows I'm a sucker for anything heavy with a groove. And few bands really are able to show something truly full formed with their debut EP. But shit, the Atlas Moth got it right. Pray for Tides is just under 19 minutes, but each is well-written, performed and recorded.
The songs are based around chaotic, sludgy riffs with layers of strangely melodic guitar parts and soaring lead riffs; the vocals switch from black metal screeching to harmonic chants. The band strays from cliché, leaving harmonic pinches and dueling guitarmony leads to only the necessary parts of the songs, and usually playing background to the wall of sound created by the bass and three guitars.
The production is near flawless, allowing the full sound of the band to come through. Their sound, like the moth they named themselves after, is truly massive. They borrow from the same heavy metal influences that have propelled bands like the Sword and Mastodon into the mainstream, but while those bands strive to hit something hard and loud, the Atlas Moth are in pursuit of something more akin to a Pink Floyd album -- swirling colors of psychedelic guitars and atmospheric noise created by the sheer quantity of music create something akin to an impressionist painting.
It's a supremely impressive first effort, and leaves me wanting more. Just imagining what this band could be capable of given a studio budget and an album's worth of material gives me shivers." - PunkNews.org
"Hails to The Atlas Moth! This is slap your mama up against the wall and eat your biscuits and red-eye gravy swampin' sludge! A band to look out for, and for sure lock up your daughters!" - The Sludge Swamp
"Hometown sludge warrior the Atlas Moth likes its metal with a heaping dose of doom. Though it allegedly pledges allegiance to the home of electric blues, you'd be hard pressed to hear it over the deafening drawl of drop D guitars." - Time Out Chicago
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Just gotta say "A Glorified..." is a fantastic album, it's got such an excellent vibe and atmosphere to it, really unique! Inspired me and some friends to kinda do our own thing.
hope your tour is awsome. andrew thanks for doing the ne album with me 1 hours on faceb myspace forr now great feedback. it was nice to work at phase with such a talented guy. fl shows i will let friends know. edger@cdbaby.com for old albums
should have done this a couple days ago but just wanted to say thank you guys for playing at the P.I. You guys were so above anyone that has ever played there, we were very lucky you graced us with your presence and amazing music! A couple of us also agree that we have never seen anyone with a handlebar mustache rock so hard! : )
Have fun on tour, you guys are one hairy rocking band!! Thanks for Andrew for working with me on the new album!! Got to send invites to all my friends in fl when you are there.
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