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My name is Riley, and I play drums and write music for a band called Thrice.
This is where I ramble about music, sports, food, books, interwebbery, and whatever else I feel like sharing. I apologize in advance.
In addition to my ramblings here, I write a piece for OC Weekly called "3hree Things" that runs every Tuesday, and I'm also writing over at Flip Collective on occasion.
I'm the co-founder of a baseball-specific twitter feed and blog with my friend Ian, called Productive Outs.
And last, but not least, I have a bandcamp page and a soundcloud page that I'll be posting my own music and remixes on every once in a while.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions presented on this blog are mine, and do not reflect the position or views of the band as a whole.
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Cave In’s “White Silence” to be released May 24
Random Start: Zozobra, “Invisible Wolves”
This track is from Harmonic Tremors, the first release by Cave In bassist Caleb Scofield’s side project, Zozobra. It was one of my favorite releases of 2007, which isn’t all that surprising, given my love of any and all things Cave In. Caleb has my favorite scream in heavy music (see: Cave In’s “Big Riff”) and getting a record full of that scream on top of suffocatingly heavy riffs was right up my alley. Apparently, Caleb and Isis drummer, Aaron Harris, are tossing some demo ideas around for what will be the next (and third) Zozobra release. I’m eager to hear what comes next.
RANDOM START: INTRONAUT, “THE CHALLENGER”
If you’re a fan of highly-skilled musicians playing really brutal and technical metal, Intronaut needs to be added to your playlist immediately. At times they make me feel like what I imagine Cave In might have sounded like had they decided to follow the Until Your Heart Stops path rather than taking a hard left turn at Jupiter (note: I’m glad they did.) At other times, I’m reminded of Coalesce, a more precise Converge (note: Converge, at it’s most chaotic, feels like everything could fall apart all at once {and I think that’s the goal.} Intronaut never gets there. This is a type of chaos, but it feels controlled.) At other times, they feel like they bridge a strange gap between Mastodon, Opeth and Baroness, somewhere between the sludge, the epic instrumental breaks, and the prog-inspired shredding. Often, these reminders will all take place in the framework of one five-minute song. And while I’m dropping the names of all of these well-respected bands in this post, Intronaut doesn’t really sound like any of them.
Sold? If so, I’d recommend you start with their most recent album Prehistoricisms.
