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A one-of-a-kind band. Paste Magazine
Naked Giants might just be your new favorite band (we promise!). Alternative Press
Naked Giants release The Shadow via New West Records. The 11- song set was produced by Chris Funk of the Decemberists and follows the Seattle, WA-based trios Green Fuzz EP (2019) and debut album SLUFF (2018).
Steadily building up their reputation as a tremendous live act, Naked Giants were named Seattles best live band by The Seattle Times at the end of 2018 and Rolling Stone named the band one of the 30 Best Artists We Saw during SXSW that year as well. The trio spent most of the past two years pulling double duty as both members of the Car Seat Headrest live band and also supporting each Car Seat Headrest performance with their own set as Naked Giants as well.
The Shadow is an energetic and exhilarating musical rollercoaster ride. Within the first ten minutes the band have already careened through a blitz of post-punk riffing, wastoid gang shouting, a singalong anthem-for-the-disaffected and a Talking Heads-ish funkrock workout with bits of shimmery synth and lo-fi slide guitar riffing thrown in for good measure.
The Shadow also reveals new and welcome layers to the Naked Giants sound, both musically and lyrically. The band say The Shadow is a much more honest album than SLUFF weve come to realize that the path to becoming a better person and bringing positivity into the world isnt always linear, and theres a lot of growth in taking an honest look at the shadow-y parts of life. Whether its personal anxiety and depression or collective guilt and trauma, theres always a part of yourself thats hard to confront and understand. But The Shadow is all about facing that darkness and having the strength to bring it into the light.
Available to independent retailers on Coke Bottle clear vinyl.
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