Every Time I Die at The Fleece on the 8th November 2015

Every Time I Die at The Fleece on the 8th November 2015

Posted on: 04 Oct 2015

Every Time I Die will be performing at The Fleece on the 8th November 2015.

 

Never the easiest band to categorise, Every Time I Die have been at the forefront of innovative alternative music for years, garnering a loyal fan base who are well versed in riding the waves of this ground breaking musical force.

 

Every Time I Die started out in the 90s hardcore scene that blossomed in the US, and subsequently expanded their reach to all manner of genres and influences. The unique nature of their music is perhaps best expressed in their most recent album, Ex Lives.

 

Vocalist Keith Buckley said of the new album; “Everything about this record was new, normally I’m in a comfort zone when I write lyrics because I’m just holed up in my apartment but this time I was finding little corners of clubs in Europe with [side-project] the Damned Things trying to squeeze in a couple of hours of writing and I think that process really affected the way this album came together.”

 

Keith adds that although Every Time I Die’s party vibe has been well-documented in the past, Ex Lives saw the band approaching the album from a more serious perspective. “There’s no song like ‘We’rewolf’ on this album,” Keith explains. “I was pretty angry when we were writing these songs which isn’t a good spot for a human being but is good if you’re a guy singing in a band, I was just really angry and disappointed with a lot of things in my life at the time and I think that definitely comes through on a lot of these songs; I was wondering if it was all karma because I was a horrible person in a past life and that’s where the album title came from.”

 

From the syncopated chaos of the opening salvo “Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space” to the progressive mosh anthem “A Wild, Shameless Plain” and relentless metal riffage of “The Low Road Has No Exits,” Ex Lives sees Every Time I Die further tempering their aggression while also implementing new instrumentation such as banjo (see the sinister intro of “Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow”) and, yes, flute (see the end of “Indian Giver”) in order to recontextualize exactly what it means to be a heavy band, which is something that has endeared them to fans for thirteen years.

 

To buy tickets to the show on the 8th November, click here.


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James Anderson

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