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The Obelisk is currently streaming Glorious Babylon from Connecticut riff rock/retro metal conjurors LORD FOWL in its entirety! The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official release this Friday, April 24th via Small Stone.
Following 2008’s Endless Dynamite and 2012’s Moon Queen, Glorious Babylon arrives as an awaited third chapter in LORD FOWL‘s peculiar mythology, harnessing the spirit they’ve brought to stages up and down the East Coast, at SXSW, and beyond, breathing life once more into classic, soulful, and psychedelic heavy rock and roll.
Write The Obelisk in part, “LORD FOWL traffic between classic heavy rock and nascent NWOBHM-ism, but their sound is never overly aggressive, even in the sharper turns of a cut like ‘The Gramercy Riffs,’ and their craft lends itself to standout hooks and a ’70s vibe, but [producer and bassist Jon] Conine’s production is never anything but modern…. LORD FOWL are a more complex band than they were eight years ago. They’re a band who do more than one thing with their songs; a band who sound like they’re bringing together the work of multiple songwriters, and a band who nonetheless emerge with a cohesive album flow despite – and in some ways because – of that. While Glorious Babylon is bound
to win nods among the heavy rock converted with its forward hooks and more upbeat material, the record also invites further digging as each of its two intended sides develops its own progression, with side B returning to ground in ‘Epitaph’ before ‘Space Jockey’ further transcends genre boundaries….whether you’re taking them on for the boogie and fuzz or the broader territories their songs can reach, Glorious Babylon‘s glories are there for the getting while the getting’s good…”
Read more and stream LORD FOWL’s Glorious Babylon, exclusively at The Obelisk at THIS LOCATION.
With a sound just as likely to nod to Thin Lizzy and a heavy Funkadelic as to early Queen or Paul Di’Anno-era Iron Maiden, it is still the vision and classic purpose of their songwriting that brings the band together. Songs that rock. Old heads, new heads, riff-worshippers, and freaks: LORD FOWL have built a city just for you.
Glorious Babylon will see release via Small Stone Recordings on CD, digital, and deluxe gatefold vinyl formats. The vinyl edition – a German import pressing via Kozmik Artifactz – is limited to 500 and will be available in two color variants: transparent pink or clear with purple and white splatter. Fans of Queen, Dirty Honey, Rival Sons, Freedom Hawk, Crobot, Rival Sons, Greenleaf, Fu Manchu, La Chinga, and the like pay heed.
For preorders visit the Small Stone Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.
LORD FOWL took shape in New Haven in the summer of 2007 with one goal: to write songs like those they grew up hearing. Songs that drive you. Songs that come alive. Songs that rock. With Glorious Babylon, their third LP and second to see release via Small Stone Records, LORD FOWL refuses to compromise this high standard, bringing forth the energy of their dynamic stage presence and dual lead vocals, as the song-craft of singer/guitarists Vechel Jaynes and Mike Pellegrino reaches its next level of progression.
Recorded at BirdsEye Studios in West Haven, producer and bassist Jon Conine (with the assistance of by Steve Hill) captures LORD FOWL‘s vitality as only one part of the fray could hope to do, and though drummer Michael Petrucci has since left the band with Van Hartley stepping in to fill his significant percussive shoes, the drums provide the foundation of Glorious Babylon.
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