Shoegazy doom outfit LOW FLYING HAWKS will release their new album, ‘Genkaku,’ on August 25th via Magnetic Eye Records.
Featuring drummer Dale Crover (The Melvins) and bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) alongside songwriters and multi-instrumentalists EHA and AAL, Genkaku is the follow-up to Low Flying Hawks’ 2016 debut, Kōfuku, a record lauded as “metal for a dying world” and “vividly of its time” by Consequence of Sound.
Decidedly heavier and boasting bigger hooks than the debut, Genkaku is more riff-filled than the post-metal of its predecessor, overflowing with tectonic guitar dirges and darkly intense music-as-mood.
Produced and recorded by in-house Melvins studio guru Toshi Kasai, Genkaku (Japanese for “hallucination” or illusion”) also features Melvins frontman King Buzzo, who lends his unique vocals to the album’s titanic lead track, “Smile,” as well as the awesomely-titled “Space Wizard.”
CVLT Nation, who call Low Flying Hawks, “a unique and compelling take on doom/drone” premieres “Smile” here:
http://www.cvltnation.com/premiere-streaming-low-flying-hawks-smile-feat-king-buzzo/
