{"id":2993,"date":"2019-04-10T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2019-04-10T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:37:26","slug":"the-lord-weird-slough-feg-returns-with-first-album-in-five-years-new-organon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/04\/the-lord-weird-slough-feg-returns-with-first-album-in-five-years-new-organon\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG Returns With First Album In Five Years, \u2018New Organon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u201cI didn\u2019t want to just \u2018put out another album,\u2019\u201d begins SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> vocalist\/guitarist Mike Scalzi<\/strong>. \u201cI remember telling people that I didn\u2019t want to do another album just to do another album, like so often happens. So, we wrote a lot of songs and only picked the best ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such was the approach for SLOUGH FEG<\/strong>\u2019s long-awaited tenth studio album, \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong>, which will see the light of day via Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong> on June 14 in European territories and June 21 in North America. \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong> also marks the recording debut of drummer Jeff Griffin<\/strong> (who split studio duties with John Dust<\/strong>) and joins Scalzi<\/strong> and longtime members Angelo Tringali <\/strong>(guitar) and Adrian Maestas<\/strong> (bass).<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong> is another definitive statement from one of America\u2019s most enduring and unique true metal bands, whose penchant for THIN LIZZY<\/strong>-inspired guitar harmonies and Scalzi<\/strong>\u2019s timeless storytelling has turned albums such as 2005\u2019s \u201cAtavism\u201d<\/strong>, 2007\u2019s \u201cHardworlder\u201d<\/strong> and 2010\u2019s \u201cThe Animal Spirits\u201d<\/strong> into proto-metal bedrocks.<\/p>\n

Since the release of 2014\u2019s \u201cDigital Resistance\u201d<\/strong>, SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> did three touring jaunts through Europe in addition to some shorter American runs, not to mention the release of the \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong> seven-inch, which was issued last year. Scalzi<\/strong> freely admits that real life has gotten in the way of SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> making a new LP. That, and his desire to make sure the band still sounds fresh after nine studio albums. \u201cA lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor,\u201d he says. \u201cThere were some songs we tried to work out for months but ended up dropping because they bored us. We have to be excited about new songs or there\u2019s no point in recording them. We dropped several songs I came up with and some that the other guys came up with, too. It\u2019s tough, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself and the people in your band and move on when an idea is not working. So, we came up with a lot of song ideas and only kept the ones that sounded exciting for months.\u201d<\/p>\n

In true SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> tradition, there is a strong theme running throughout \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong>, which was inspired by the 1620 book published by Francis Bacon<\/strong> of the same name. \u201cIt presents a new version of the scientific method, as originally presented by Aristotle<\/strong> 2,000 years earlier,\u201d notes Scalzi<\/strong>, who is also a philosophy professor at a college in California. \u201cAccording to Bacon<\/strong> and others, the science method had remained stagnant for this long period, through the middle ages and renaissance, and needed a refresher. \u2018Organon\u2019 refers to a scientific \u2018instrument\u2019 or more literally, \u2018organ.\u2019 So, it represents a new method for scientific revolution. The songs are all basically about philosophy\u2014from my lecture notes! It starts out talking about primitive tribal society like shamanism as the first philosophers and then proceeds though the pre-Socratics<\/strong> era and then Plato<\/strong>, Aristotle<\/strong>, medieval catholic theology, enlightenment and then existentialist philosophy \u2014 mostly in chronological order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans of the band\u2019s early output when they went under the extended name of THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> will no doubt be enthused for what\u2019s in store on \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong>. The album has a more natural, if not \u201crustic\u201d feel to it, recalling the band\u2019s halcyon \u201cTwilight Of The Idols\u201d <\/strong>and \u201cDown Among The Deadmen\u201d <\/strong>era. \u201cVery simply, the songs are more heavy, rough and produced rawer than the last album or two,\u201d says Scalzi<\/strong>. \u201cThe themes are not about technology, but about ancient philosophy and science. It\u2019s just more metal, but in a very primitive way \u2014 but that\u2019s sort of our specialty anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around the release date of \u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong>, SLOUGH FEG<\/strong> will be trekking across the United States with labelmates SANHEDRIN<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019ll be doing ten shows on the east coast in late May\/early June, right about the time when the album comes out, including New York, Boston, Baltimore and Pittsburgh,\u201d says Scalzi<\/strong>. \u201cIn early August, SANHEDRIN<\/strong> is going to come out we\u2019ll do another run with them up and down the west coast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Organon\u201d<\/strong> track listing:<\/p>\n

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  1. Headhunter<\/li>\n
  2. Discourse on Equality<\/li>\n
  3. The Apology<\/li>\n
  4. Being and Nothingness<\/li>\n
  5. New Organon<\/li>\n
  6. Sword of Machiavelli<\/li>\n
  7. Uncanny<\/li>\n
  8. Coming of Age in the Milky Way<\/li>\n
  9. Exegesis\/Tragic Hooligan<\/li>\n
  10. The Cynic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    SLOUGH FEG<\/strong>\/SANHEDRIN <\/strong>tour dates:<\/p>\n

    May 30 – Baltimore, MD, Metro Gallery<\/p>\n

    May 31- Brooklyn, NY, Saint Vitus<\/p>\n

    June 1- Montreal, QC, Bar LeRitz<\/p>\n

    June 2 – Ottawa, ON, Mavericks<\/p>\n

    June 3 – Toronto, ON, Velvet Underground<\/p>\n

    June 4 – Pittsburgh, PA, Spirit<\/p>\n

    June 5 – Detroit, MI, Sanctuary<\/p>\n

    June 6 – Cleveland, OH, Now That\u2019s Class<\/p>\n

    June 7 – Philadelphia, PA, Kung Fu Necktie<\/p>\n

    June 8 – Boston, MA, Middle East<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cI didn\u2019t want to just \u2018put out another album,\u2019\u201d begins SLOUGH FEG vocalist\/guitarist Mike Scalzi. \u201cI remember telling people that I didn\u2019t want to do another album just to do another album, like so often happens. So, we wrote a lot of songs and only picked the best ones.\u201d Such was the approach for SLOUGH […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1486,142],"tags":[3,442,1558,1487,59,1182,777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3003,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions\/3003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}