Sleeping Through the War All Them Witches

• 1 Bulls 06:41
• 2 Don't Bring Me Coffee 03:10
• 3 Bruce Lee 03:11
• 4 3-5-7 03:57
• 5 Am I Going Up? 05:34
• 6 Alabaster 06:58
• 7 Cowboy Kirk 06:51
• 8 Internet 09:50
• Total Runtime 46:12

Info for Sleeping Through the War

All Them Witches stammen aus Nashville, Tennessee. Mit ihrem nunmehr vierten Album wagen sie abermals einen dynamischen Stil-Mix, welcher dunklen Psychedelic-Metal, Stoner-Rock und Alternative-Rock umfasst.

Bewundernswert die Dramaturgien ihres Songwriting und wie sie einen Song strukturieren und ausspielen. Damit hebt sich die Band aus Nashville von den ganzen Retrorockern ab, die nach alten Geistern Ausschau halten. Auch ATW verarbeiten die 70er anhand hardrockiger und psychedelischer Elemente in ihren Songs, sie sind aber Abenteurer mit einer größeren Songvision, sind aus auf musikalische Weiterentwicklung mit Hilfe eines imposanten spielerischen wie dynamischen Arsenals. Ihre elaborierte, eigenständige Mischung aus Post-Grunge mit einem halb bluesigen, halb psychedelischen Unterbau, Elementen aus Stoner-Rock und dunklem Indierock mit Preacheratmo kann durchaus mal wie eine psychedelisierte Kollabo von Alice in Chains, Timber Timbre und den Melvins klingen. Diese Band ist eine Wucht! Ihr 4tes Album ist ein echter Grower, das mit jeder Umdrehung wächst.

Die Produktion von Dave Cobb (Chris Stapelton, Jason Isbell und Sturgill Simpson) verschiebt die musikalischen Akzente. Im direkten Vergleich zum Vorgänger - "Dying Surfer Meets His Maker" betitelt - ist Alternative-Rock nun klarer.

"Auch das vierte Album „Sleeping Through The War“ von ALL THEM WITCHES ist ein purer, süchtig-machender Retro-Tripp durch alle Höhen und Tiefen des Psychedelic Rocks. In nur sechs Tagen entstand so ein Album für das andere Bands Jahre brauchten, um es in ähnlicher Qualität zu verwirklichen. Kein Wunder dass der Grammy-prämierte Produzent von „Sleeping Through The War“ sich von der Band wünschte, dass sie nicht zu sehr übertreiben, weil man sonst vielleicht dem totalen Wahnsinn verfallen könnte!" (Thoralf Koß, musikreviews.de)

Charles Michael Parks, Jr., vocals, bass, guitar, mellotron, percussion
Ben McLeod, guitar, bass, mellotron, percussion
Robby Staebler, drums, percussion
Allan Van Cleave, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, mellotron
Additional musicians:
Mickey Raphael, harmonica
Caitlin Rose, vocals
Tristen, vocals
Erin Rae, vocals
Dave Cobb, percussion

All Them Witches
A versatile hard rock quartet based out of Nashville, Tennessee, All Them Witches draw from a deep well of musical inspiration that includes Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Sun, Moon & Herbs-era Dr. John, and the electric Delta swamp blues of Junior Kimbrough. Employing a heady, D.I.Y. blend of bluesy, neo-psychedelic rock, stoner metal, and progressive space rock, they emerged in 2012 with the independently released Our Mother Electricity. They continued to hone their unique meld of crafted songwriting and spacious grooves on subsequent outings like Sleeping Through the War (2015) and ATW (2018), the latter two of which arrived on New West Records.

Fronted by bassist Charles Michael Parks, Jr., the lineup is rounded out by drummer Robby Staebler, guitarist Ben McLeod, and Allan Van Cleave on Fender Rhodes, organ, and other instruments. Parks met Staebler while they were working at "a corporate hippie store." Staebler gave him some music he had been writing and playing with McLeod; it inspired Parks to jam with them. Staebler's pal, keyboardist Van Cleave, was also invited and All Them Witches were born.

The bandmembers credit the group's birthdate as January 6, 2012. They began recording almost immediately. Their debut album, Our Mother Electricity, was the first release on Germany's Elektrohasch by an American band. The band immediately set to work on a follow-up, issuing the EP Extra Pleasant, recorded with two microphones direct to a cassette recorder. They began a grueling touring schedule and garnered a multitude of fans, who were encouraged to record and trade concert tapes with one another. Lightning at the Door was quietly self-released through the quartet's Bandcamp page in early 2014, and later marketed by Tone Tree Music. All Them Witches received international critical attention for this recording, all the while continuing to tour. Their profile increased during a series of dates with doom rockers Windhand.

All Them Witches signed to New West in early 2015. They played to intense fanfare at music festivals such as SXSW and Bonnaroo. The label licensed Lightning at the Door for reissue. The band recorded its third album in Pigeon Forge, in eastern Tennessee. They set up a studio in a remote cabin where they lived and worked and finished the album in six days. Dying Surfer Meets His Maker was released at the end of October in 2015, followed by an eight-month tour. The band commemorated it by releasing Live in Brussels (recorded in March 2016). In November 2016, the video and single "Bruce Lee" appeared as a pre-release to 2017's studio set Sleeping Through the War, which marked their debut for New West. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and featured guest spots from Caitlin Rose and Mickey Raphael. May 2018 saw the departure of Allan Van Cleave and the arrival of new keyboard player Jonathan Draper, who made his studio debut on the group's Cobb-produced fifth studio album ATW, which arrived later that September. Draper departed the following year and the band elected to continue as a trio, releasing their next full-length effort, Nothing as the Ideal, in 2020. (Thom Jurek, AMG)

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