Los Angeles-based rock band ÆGES, featuring
members Mark Holcomb (Undertow, Shift), Larry Herweg (Pelican,
Tusk), Kemble Walters (The Rise, The Blank Faces, Juliette and
the Licks), and Tony Baumeister (16, Cutthroats 9) have
announced their signing to Athens-based label The Mylene Sheath to
release their debut full-length album out in April 2012. The band will enter
the Can Shaker studio in Malibu, CA today to begin tracking the new record.
Says Mylene Sheath co-owners Lindsay Palmer and Joel Proper: "We've been huge fans of Larry's work in Pelican and Tusk for such a long time, as well as Mark's work in Undertow and Shift back in the day, really all of the associated acts all four of these guys have done time with! So when the opportunity to work together on a project presented itself, we jumped on it. It took about 10 seconds of one song to know they were creating something special with this band. We're beyond excited!"
About ÆGES:
"...like a cross between Floor and ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead... Æges will appeal to a wide swath of those fans that swing between Torche and Sparta." - Exclaim!
"...as heavy as the band’s pedigree suggests." - Alternative Press
With the decline of Western civilization comes a new pilgrimage of musicians looking to carve out their fates from the wreckage of the past. ÆGES are the new breed of California’s creative drifters. Founded by former Seattleite Mark Holcomb (Undertow, Shift) and Chicago-raised Larry Herweg (Pelican, Tusk), ÆGES grew out of a temporary hiatus for their other band, San Angelus. Holcomb and Herweg continued writing new material and forging into heavier terrain. Another transplant, Kemble Walters (The Rise, The Blank Faces, Juliette and the Licks), who grew up in Indonesia, had met Herweg while on tour in Chicago. With both Herweg and Walters now living in LA, they began to play music together. Herweg noticed the similarities between Holcomb and Walters playing and writing and knew the two had to meet each other. Holcomb and Walters hit it off instantly in person and in the rehearsal space. The final piece to the puzzle was the sole California native, bassist Tony Baumeister (16, Cutthroats 9). Converging in Southern California across state lines and international waters, ÆGES use their world-wise musical expertise to rebuild the archetype of the heavy rock band.
There’s a definite element of desert rock in ÆGES sound - the low-tuned guitars, the sludgy sun-baked riffs, the deceptive pop hook buried in the molasses-thick instrumentation. Yet the diverse backgrounds of the band members create a unique blend of perspectives and a resultantly fresh sound. The common sonic thread between the four individuals in ÆGES - their tenure in bands that explored the darker side of hardcore - manifests itself in the aggressive tonalities of their sound. But their divergent paths, both geographical and musical, broadened the emotional palette beyond the angst of their earlier bands. Their debut EP, “Roaches,” was released earlier this year via Hawthorne Street Records (Pelican, The Life and Times, Sweet Cobra).
The new millennium ushered in a new, revitalized era of artistic integrity for LA. We saw it in the age of the acid-hazed ‘60s, the age of the nihilistic Regan-era punks, and the current age of abandoned archetypes of a failed economy. It’s creative optimism in a time of hopelessness. It’s the music of ÆGES. - Brian Cook
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Says Mylene Sheath co-owners Lindsay Palmer and Joel Proper: "We've been huge fans of Larry's work in Pelican and Tusk for such a long time, as well as Mark's work in Undertow and Shift back in the day, really all of the associated acts all four of these guys have done time with! So when the opportunity to work together on a project presented itself, we jumped on it. It took about 10 seconds of one song to know they were creating something special with this band. We're beyond excited!"
About ÆGES:
"...like a cross between Floor and ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead... Æges will appeal to a wide swath of those fans that swing between Torche and Sparta." - Exclaim!
"...as heavy as the band’s pedigree suggests." - Alternative Press
With the decline of Western civilization comes a new pilgrimage of musicians looking to carve out their fates from the wreckage of the past. ÆGES are the new breed of California’s creative drifters. Founded by former Seattleite Mark Holcomb (Undertow, Shift) and Chicago-raised Larry Herweg (Pelican, Tusk), ÆGES grew out of a temporary hiatus for their other band, San Angelus. Holcomb and Herweg continued writing new material and forging into heavier terrain. Another transplant, Kemble Walters (The Rise, The Blank Faces, Juliette and the Licks), who grew up in Indonesia, had met Herweg while on tour in Chicago. With both Herweg and Walters now living in LA, they began to play music together. Herweg noticed the similarities between Holcomb and Walters playing and writing and knew the two had to meet each other. Holcomb and Walters hit it off instantly in person and in the rehearsal space. The final piece to the puzzle was the sole California native, bassist Tony Baumeister (16, Cutthroats 9). Converging in Southern California across state lines and international waters, ÆGES use their world-wise musical expertise to rebuild the archetype of the heavy rock band.
There’s a definite element of desert rock in ÆGES sound - the low-tuned guitars, the sludgy sun-baked riffs, the deceptive pop hook buried in the molasses-thick instrumentation. Yet the diverse backgrounds of the band members create a unique blend of perspectives and a resultantly fresh sound. The common sonic thread between the four individuals in ÆGES - their tenure in bands that explored the darker side of hardcore - manifests itself in the aggressive tonalities of their sound. But their divergent paths, both geographical and musical, broadened the emotional palette beyond the angst of their earlier bands. Their debut EP, “Roaches,” was released earlier this year via Hawthorne Street Records (Pelican, The Life and Times, Sweet Cobra).
The new millennium ushered in a new, revitalized era of artistic integrity for LA. We saw it in the age of the acid-hazed ‘60s, the age of the nihilistic Regan-era punks, and the current age of abandoned archetypes of a failed economy. It’s creative optimism in a time of hopelessness. It’s the music of ÆGES. - Brian Cook
ÆGES on Facebook
www.mylenesheath.com
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