NewNoise Premiers 2nd Track from 2nd Album 'Walking Bombs'

Walking Bombs have had "Intolernce," the second track from their new album premiered by NewNoiseMagazine. Walking Bombs is the solo/collaborative project of Morgan Ywain Evans, a Kingston, NY based singer and music journalist (Pop Matters, Metalriot.com). Brave Hours was created in 2016 with the major involvement of engineer and multi-instrumentalist Jay Andersen of grunge band Surmiser on each song and a new cast of collaborators/guests. As in the past with the project, expect a range of styles from hard rock to grunge to emo to some industrial and post-punk influences. You can hear the second track here: http://newnoisemagazine.com/walking-bombs-intolerance-ft-vowws/

The bulk of the record -save for most collaborators' parts- was recorded in Saugerties, NY by Jay Andersen at Operation: Audio. The album (which features cover art by Kim Zangrando) is being mastered at Witch Ape Studio by grunge legend Tad Doyle (TAD, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth).

The songs deal with themes such as hatred ("Intolerance"), LGBTQ/non-binary rights ("Loveislove"), Suicide/depression ("Even When It Hurts), coping with death and dementia ("Brave Hours") and more. Singles will start premiering in the coming weeks before an April 14th release.

Guests featured are industrial duo VOWWS, folky white witch Elizabeth Le Fey aka. Globelamp, James Felice (The Felice Brothers), Nate Garrett of rising metal acts Gatecreeper/ Spirit Adrift, retro rocker Jeremy Swift of The Beautiful Bastards and saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby of "blackjazz" pirates Shining (Norway).

"The title track is a sort of Foo Fighters "Everlong" influenced song I wrote with my friend Jay Andersen for my mother who has dementia," says vocalist Morgan Y. Evans. "She was alone for most of a day in a country house with my father after his sudden death from heart failure/cancer. It was during a snow storm and she was confused and crying, unable to remember how to call anyone on the phone and also having just lost her partner of over 30 years. It breaks my heart to even think about. Her developing illness, which we initially thought was natural old age sort of fog, really ramped up after that and she never has been totally herself again.
I wanted to write a loving song for her big heart and also raise awareness in a small way for why we can't let Paul Ryan types f up elder care in America. The cover art reflects vulnerability and courage."

Of the collaborators Evans says:

"Jay Andersen of the band Surmiser is basically also part of Walking Bombs because we do nearly every song together presently, even though it is my solo name. He has a similar aesthetic as I do where we like pro sounding stuff but also came up being into anarchic early Nirvana and Melvins, bands who experimented, so we have a lot of fun trying weird things. I am very blessed to have the other collaborators this time also from many of my favorite bands in the world who mean so much to me as people and artists."

Evans will be self releasing BRAVE HOURS digitally on Bandcamp on April 14th, 2017 here: ( https://walkingbombs.bandcamp.com/ )

Walking Bombs "Brave Hours" Tracklisting:

1. Dry Heaves (feat. Jørgen Munkeby)

2. High Stakes (feat. Jeremy Swift)

3. Loveislove

4. Intolerance (feat. VOWWS)

5. Flower Punx 4 Ever

6. Please Play Nice

7. Eyes Forward (feat. Nate Garrett)

8. My Condolences

9. Brave Hours

10. Even When It Hurts (feat. Globelamp and James Felice)

11. Shaking With Dread, But Passing For Human

Morgan photo by Catharina Christiana

Walking Bombs apparel link: https://walkingbombs.threadless.com/

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