Showing posts with label The Locust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Locust. Show all posts
ATP! Album Review: The Locust - Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs
For four of guys clad head-to-toe in skin tight insect uniforms, torturing their instruments to create the most unapologetically inaccessible cyber-death-grind-power-core possible punctuated by breakneck beats and walls of sic-fi synth noise, The Locust have transformed and transcended expectations by drilling close to their second decade together. Aside from "The Peel Sessions" released two years ago (almost ten after the original recording), The Locust have been criminally inactive since their last full-length "New Erections" in 2007, and with no strong hint of new material to come, a release revisiting their earlier days will have to suffice.Comprised of 44 out-of-print hard-to-find tracks harvested from EP's, 7 inches, splits and LP's from their pre-Epitaph years, "Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs" is a reminder to those who may have let The Locust's reputation - which often precedes them like a lightning flash before a thunder roll - override the antagonistic sonic fusion they managed to cultivate by sucking the masculine bravado out of power-violence and coalescing it with tortuous time signatures and electronic surrealism, without which the emergence of many of the more experimental screamo bands from early 00's to now would have been severely hampered.
The Locust Release "Spitting In The Faces Of Fools As A Source Of Nutrition" Music Video
The Locust have released a NSFW music video for "Spitting In The Faces Of Fools As A Source Of Nutrition", which can be viewed by clicking read more.The track is taken from their upcoming album "Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs" which drops July 24th through Anti-.
The Locust To Release "Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs" Album
The Locust have announced they will release a new album titled "Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs", which will feature 44 tracks of hard-to-find and out-of-print material from the early years of The Locust.The album will be released July 24th through Anti-.
Retox Announce Headline London Show
Retox (featuring Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian of The Locust) have announced details of a headline show in London around their UK tour with Today Is The Day.The band will play the Old Blue Last on April 16th.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Retox Announce UK Dates
Retox (featuring Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian of The Locust) have announced details of their first ever UK tour supporting Today Is The Day.April
3rd - Bristol Croft
4th - Cardiff Millennium Music Hall
5th - Manchester Moho Live
6th - Newcastle Trillians
7th - Glasgow King Tuts
8th - Belfast Spring & Airbrake
9th - Dublin Whelans
10th - Sheffield Corporation
11th - Derby The Old Bell
12th - Birmingham Asylum
13th - London Camden Underworld
Justin Pearson (The Locust) Starts New Band + Release Free EP
Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian of The Locust have started a new band, Retox.The band are giving away their new self-released EP, 'When Good Things Happen to Bad People' for free via their official website.
The Locust Start Work On New Album
The Locust have now started work on their new album.The band have also announced they will be releasing a 2001 Peel Session LP on Radio Surgery.
All Leather Debut Album In March
According to a recent interview with front man JustIn Pearson, All Leather's debut album entitled, “When I Grow Up, I Wanna Fuck Like A Girl”, will be released March 16th on Dim Mak Records.The band have also said they will embark on a full tour once the album drops.
To read the interview in full, click HERE.
Review: All Leather - Los Angeles The Smell - 11/01/09
If you took one look at Justin Pearson's resume, you would be pretty impressed. At the age of 33, Pearson has played in a variety of established underground hardcore/punk bands, including Some Girls, Swing Kids, which the majority are signed to his own record label, Three One G. As of today, he is still playing bass in The Locust and now his latest creation, All Leather. The other two members of the band (Nathan Joyner of Some Girls and Jung Sing of Maniqui Lazer) are no strangers to playing music and this being their third show as a collective, a support slot at a small venue like The Smell in downtown Los Angeles should be a piece of cake to handle.
With only a handful of songs under their belts, All Leather impress from the second they arrive on stage. The crowd realize from the moment they start, the style of music is different to the band members back catalogue. You cannot pinpoint a genre or style except that it's a mixture of early Black Dice with scattered drumming but still keeping Pearson's style of vocals.
The band plays a short but great set. Notable mentions have to go to the incredible drumming of Sung's, as well as the bands take of Ida Corr's 'Let Me Think About It'. Whilst The Locust are taking some time out, we can rest assure knowing we can expect to be seeing more of All Leather.
Interview: All Leather - 11/01/09
Jon caught up with Justin Pearson's (The Locust) new band, All Leather ahead of their third show together as a group. Justin, Nathan and Jung spoke to Alter The Press about their upcoming EP, influences, comparisons to Some Girls, being able to use the Back To The Future 'DeLorean', the future of the band and more.
Alter The Press: Is the name of the band 'All Leather', a play on the fact some of you guys are vegan?
All Leather: No.
ATP: Where did the name originate from?
AL: A gay club called Riches in San Diego.
ATP: If you guys had the Back To The Future 'DeLorean' and could travel back to any musical era, where would it be and why?
AL: (Nathan) 1971 - New York. (Justin) 2000 BC. (Jung) I agree.
ATP: Your upcoming EP - 'Hung Like A Horse'. You guys trying to insinuate something?
AL: No, enough said.
ATP: How many tracks will be featured?
AL: Five of our tracks and two remixes.
ATP: Is everything complete and is there a release date set?
AL: Our tracks are done but the remixes are not. No release yet, still signing contracts.
ATP: Two out of three of you guys are former members of Some Girls. How does the writing process differ?
AL: (Nathan) Not really different, we just show up for our parts and play. (Justin) The drumming is different for one. I criticize them. We have these things and somebody says, 'That doesn't sound as good as the other song' or vice versa. It's different instrumentation, different themes and direction. We are not trying to be what Some Girls was. We are trying to be embracive, just in a different way.
ATP: All Leather is a step in a different direction as far as genre is concerned. What made you make this decision to do this new style of music?
AL: We were talking one day and figured we were listening to different stuff that we normally listen to and thought it would be cool to create something like that but with taking our roots.
ATP: Where do you draw your influences from?
AL: Ida Corr, Britney Spears, early Black Dice. Its kind of all over the spectrum but I don't know, stuff that doesn't sound like normal instruments. Like, thats a guitar, thats a drum. We have electronic drums so thats part of the reason then you have percussion that's not acoustic sounding. Its like early Black Dice, where you think, 'Where is that coming from?'.
ATP: If you guys could hang one person, who would it be and why?
AL: (Nathan) If we could hang one person, we could hang a horse. (Justin) I don't know about that, horses are cute. I'd throw myself in there. (Jung) I'd hang JP. (Justin) I would hang Frank.
ATP: How many of The Locust does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
AL: The three that aren't in All Leather?
ATP: Nope. One if it's just JP, the other three if they are standing on each others shoulders.
ATP: If you guys were approached to join a band like Fall Out Boy, what would your response be?
AL: (Jung) Depends on the circumstances. (Justin) I'd throw the hanging question at them.
ATP: What is the future now for All Leather?
AL: We are touring Mexico next month.
ATP: Any plans to come to Europe?
AL: We would love to but no one has offered to take us yet.
- Jon Ableson
Review: The Locust - London Astoria - 08/12/08
San Diego foursome, The Locust, are back in the UK for an appearance at All Tommorows Parties but still find the time to squeeze in a handful of shows and tonight is a support slot for Mike Patton's Fantomas at London's Astoria.The band are no strangers to opening up for bands at venues of this capacity. In 2004, they opened for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Every night resulted them in being bottled, booed and to a lesser extent being escorted out of the venue by police escort. Tonight, they are playing for a crowd of people who in majority haven't seen or heard of them before. It could go either way.
Despite the change of sceneary of a small club stage to a venue of this size, the band have encircled themselves around their own equipment in the middle of the stage. They arrive on a burst into the first two tracks of their recent release, 'New Erections' which to hear in a venue of this size, sound nothing short of incredible. A lot of the crowd seem intrigued but the band manage to conjure up a round of applause after each song. They managed to squeeze enough back catalogue to satisfy any fan in the space of just over 30 minutes. Highlights of the night were to hear the whole 'Safety Second, Body Last' EP in full as well as 'We Have Reached An Official Verdict...Nobody Gives A Shit'.
As far as creativity is concerned, The Locust are one of the best live bands out there. If you have just heard them on record, you really need to see them with your own eyes to believe it.
Interview: Justin Pearson - 08/12/08
Jon managed to catch up with Justin Pearson of The Locust ahead of their support slot with Mike Patton's Fantomas.Justin spoke to Alter The Press about his record label 'Three One G', the current status of other bands he plays in, the future of the Locust and more.
Alter The Press: You are in the UK at the moment with The Locust and just played All Tomorrows Parties. How was it for you?
Justin Pearson: It was fantastic. We played before when The Mars Volta curated. It was awesome.
ATP: Who approached who to play?
JP: Mike Patton, I think.
ATP: You have been touring with The Locust for nearly two years with the release of the bands last record 'New Erections'. Recently you have been playing a new song, how much material do you have written so far for the next record?
JP: We have a lot of material already written but none of it has worked out. We actually played one song live but now we are not playing it again. As a band, we can't play it yet.
ATP: When do you plan to start recording?
JP: We've been on tour for a while, we've been on a break for a while. So when we get back, we are going to start writing again. I don't know when but as soon as we can.
ATP: Besides playing in The Locust, you run a successful underground record label 'Three One G' which has released material from bands such as 'The Blood Brothers' and 'Some Girls. What made you start your own label and did you think it would be this successful?
JP: I started it because I was putting records out on labels which were doing a poor job. They would change the artwork or change our shirt without asking us. So I decided, I could do this myself and have it done right. As far as being successful, I don't know if its really successful. As far as like success, it can always be better. On a success level, I'd say its pretty low.
ATP: You exposed bands like 'The Blood Brothers' though but would you say the biggest band on Three One G is The Locust?
JP: The Locust isn't really on Three One G. I think Three One G is seen through The Locust which is fine. When I think of Three One G, I think of bands which have a lot of releases on it like 'Some Girls', 'Holy Molar'. The Locust just has an EP and one song, so not much like other bands.
ATP: Does it dishearten you that The Locust is on a bigger label? (Anti/Epitaph)
JP: No. We couldn't do what Anti did or what Epitaph did for The Locust.
ATP: Is it because of them you managed to play shows with Fantomas, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's etc?
JP: I don't know because The Locust were on GSL before we signed to Anti. I remember before we met the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, reading this thing with Nick Zinner (guitarist of YYY's) he was talking about 'Flight of the Wounded Locust' which is previous to 'Plague Soundscapes' so it just needed time and it kind of just worked it self out.
ATP: It seems like you are pretty high in demand with the amount of bands you play in. What does a typical year entail for Justin Pearson?
JP: This last year has been pretty mellow. We did some sporadic touring but for the most part, I spent writing then I started All Leather with a couple friends. There was one point where I was in Some Girls and The Locust where I was touring back to back as well as recording for two years. Always doing something. It just depends what's going on, I guess.
ATP: On Three One G's MySpace, you posted a series of autobiographical blogs. Its been said you are going to release an autobiography. Is there a release date set?
JP: No. I'm talking to two publishers right now so I'm not really sure who or what to deal with it. Its written, its done, its edited. Now I just got to figure out the logistics.
ATP: Is it just what was written on the MySpace page?
JP: No, that was just parts of it. Its like 41 short stories.
ATP: Lets do some general questions about the bands you have played and play in. When is the next 'Holy Molar' release?
JP: Probably never. The Locust portion of the band talk about it often but I'm sure Mark (McCoy - vocals) doesn't want anything to do with the band anymore, I'm not positive. We are not opposed to it. It's fun. I just don't know if there will be another one.
ATP: Ground Unicorn Horn - is there going to be an album eventually?
JP: No. We just wrote a record but everyone quit. It sucks that not everyone could get their shit together and it just didn't happen.
ATP: Does this have anything to do with the fact a lot of you are busy with your other bands?
JP: No, just a lot of people in the band were hard to deal with. No one could get along. We kind of changed line ups. We got a different drummer, we added a second guitar player but no one could get along but we wrote a pretty rad record that never got recorded. We had a whole tour in Mexico set up but it never happened.
ATP: Some Girls - finished?
JP: Yes.
ATP: The new material that was showcased on the BBC , 'Get off the Dove'. Will that ever be released at all?
JP: Some of us want it to be, some of us don't want it to be released. I'm not sure.
ATP: Rogue Astronaut - The only places I've heard about this was on your MySpace and on Wikipedia.
JP: Bobby (Bray - guitarist in The Locust) and I sang on one song. That's it. I actually haven't heard the rest of the record which is kind of weird because I think I'm actually in the band now as the singer, but I don't know. 'Bastard Noise' has stuff about it.
ATP: When it comes to your live shows, you get the few people who come just to get drunk and act like an idiot. It must really piss you off a lot of the time. Can you see yourselves turning into a band where if it got too much, you would tell the crowd to just shut up or just put down your instruments and walk off?
JP: Its kind of weird. The Locust has dealt with this a lot of times because you just can't tell people to shut up. You would let the crowd get the best of you but a lot of times with The Locust is that Gabe (Serbian - drummer of The Locust) would stop early but a lot of times we would challenge the audience especially when we toured with the Yeah Yeah Yeah's in the UK. The crowd really hated us so we lengthen like these weird sound pieces, noise chunks, whatever you want to call it, just to upset people more than they're are upsetting us. It got violent and we were escorted out by the police. That's more up our alley. We are witty and have street smarts so if some is yelling at us to shut up, we'd be like, 'Fuck you!' and find other ways to retaliate.
ATP: A good example is when you toured with Some Girls, where you would play a 24 minute version of 'Deathface'.
JP: We done that a few times.
ATP: You said on the Three One G forum that by the end of the year, you guys would be releasing all the early Locust material on vinyl? What is currently happening about that?
JP: We are still working on it. The Locust are releasing a BBC live session, which is really old, like from 2000. We are releasing all the old GSL stuff, which is being being remixed and remastered. Its taking a long time. The recordings sucked so its a lot of hard work. It will come out. I don't know what to call it, but a mega release. Everything from the start up until we signed to Anti. We have no idea how its going to be released as of yet, but we are still working on it.
ATP: You have accomplished so much at an early age. What would you say is your greatest achievement so far?
JP: I don't know. I guess my overall achievement is that I've been able to play to people all around the world.
ATP: After you have finished up in the UK, what have you got planned for 2009?
JP: Finish writing with The Locust, touring with All Leather and writing another record with them. We just got a new drummer who is from Mexico, so he's trying to getting us to do a tour there. Thats it really.
All Leather go live in January
Newly formed three piece, All Leather (featuring members of The Locust and Some Girls) have announced their first string of live shows.All Leather are due to play the following dates:
January 9th: Che Che Cafe - San Diego, CA
January 10th: TBA
January 11th: The Smell - Los Angeles, CA
The bands first release 'Hung Like A Horse' EP is out next year on Three One G Records.
The Locust to support Mike Patton's Fantomas
The Locust have been confirmed to support Fantomas at the London Astoria this December.As previously posted, the band will be playing their own headline show at Bardens Boudoir - 4th December around their appearance at All Tommorow's Parties.
Tickets are on sale now.
New band 'All Leather' featuring members of The Locust and Some Girls
Three One G records have released details of a new band, 'All Leather'.The San Diego three piece consists of:
Vocals: Justin Pearson (The Locust, Some Girls, The Crimson Curse, Holy Molar, Swing Kids, Struggle, Ground Unicorn Horn)
Guitar: Nathan Joyner (Some Girls, Secret Fun Club)
Drums: Tim Cagayat (Ambidextrose)
The band have two songs already on their MySpace page, no statement has been made regarding any future releases so far.
http://www.myspace.com/allleather
The Locust to play warm up show in London
San Diego group, The Locust have announced a warm up show in London to coiencide with their appearance at this years All Tommorow's Parties.The band are due to play Bardens Boudoir - Thursday 4th December.
Support comes for Warsawwasraw and DJ Urine.
Tickets are onsale at WeGotTickets.com
For our US audience: Gas Prices (posted by The Locust)
This isn't music related but experimental band, The Locust, posted a video on myspace about the sad truth of how high gas prices are across the US.The Locust return to the UK this December to play at this year's All Tomorrow's Parties which is to be curated by the Melvins and Mike Patton.
