Blessings Bestrewn Part 2, the second in a two-part album sequence by California-based WALKING BOMBS, will be independently released on Halloween.
WALKING BOMBS is the prolific collaborator magnet/solo project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Morgan Y. Evans. The two-album Blessings Bestrewn arrives in the project’s busiest year to date, yet stands out among the recent rash of mixtapes, EPs, and singles as a more orchestrated and complex project. The record was largely recorded in upstate New York in 2022 prior to Evans’ relocation to California, after which it was slowly refined and completed over many months. Following the first album’s release earlier this year, Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 has now arrived three years since Evans’ move across the country.
Like the first album, Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 sees Evans performing electric and acoustic guitars/basses, trombone, and lead vocals. The record also features a wide cast of collaborators including Ash Umhey (The Alchemy Unit) – who recorded, mixed, and mastered the album at his Orange Sound in Rhinebeck, New York – as well as Kellii Scott (Failure), Sem Ortiz, Justin Zipperle (Shadow Witch, ex- Pontius Pilate Sales Pitch), David Brenner (Gridfailure, Diminishing), Bria Mccollum (Ergo, Bria), Justin Meyer (Anadivine), and Mo Kelly (Grape & the Grain, Girls Wish). The record was completed with cover art by Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gomez Dapena and Morgan Y. Evans.
“Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 is more experimental than part 1, with influences running the range from like Alice In Chains, Melvins’ Bootlicker-era, Zappa, and Black Sabbath, to experimental noise, auto tune effects, EMF-inspired protest funk rock, trance, alt rock, post-hardcore, and art rock,” reveals Evans. “The album reflects upon everything from depression to Walter Mitty-style daydreaming to not wanting American munitions blowing up innocents. It feels amazing to finally have both sections of this double album endeavor rising up to be heard.”
WALKING BOMBS’ Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 will be released on Halloween, next Friday, October 31st. Preorders are posted at Bandcamp where “Green Hands” and “A Bonsai Tree For Bobby Delicious” are now streaming RIGHT HERE.
Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 Track Listing:
1. Skywriting Swear Words
2. Eroding The Foundation
3. Awful Footage Of The Aftermath
4. Unsweetened
5. Bake Parkway
6. Feast Of The Tech Ghouls
7. Cura Animarum Pt. 2: Unwed Tipplers
8. Green Hands
9. Senseless Gone
10. A Bonsai Tree For Bobby Delicious
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