Canadian heavy rockers Dead Karma have just released their debut EP “Space Camaro” today, August, 23rd, 2024! The band roams the fertile musical soil tilled by High On Fire, Queens of The Stone Age, Clutch, Red Fang, and early Baroness, The Sword, and many more! The band teamed up with us today to do a track by track breakdown of the new album!
“The Purge”
“They came for me, now they’ve come for you” as the revolutionary is snuffed out by his fellow revolutionaries. Drawing inspiration from some of history’s worst moments, The Purge opens the EP telling the story of a nameless revolutionary who – once loyal to the cause, sees himself become the next victim in the firing line. Inspired heavily by the Soviet purges of the 1920s and 1930s. A mid-tempo track with more outright aggression, especially lyrically, than the other tracks on the EP.
“Space Camaro”
The title track of the EP, Space Camaro is a desert/stoner rock inspired song that takes the inspiration to the stars with its outer space references. Space Camaro is more up tempo and a more straight forward rock song than the opening track. The song doesn’t give a lot of time for the listener to relax, with only a brief interlude prior to the solo before it takes off with the song resolving back to the chorus.
“Gravity Mirror”
Gravity Mirror is the most “radio rock” and accessible song on the EP. No guitar solos or harsh vocals, Gravity Mirror still provides a catchy hook riff that is a foundation piece for every Dead Karma song on the EP. This song tells the story of a broken friendship where self-deception creates an environment where someone refuses to take accountability or, more accurately, they fail to even see the reality that stares them right in the face.
“Dominion”
A song divided into two musical sections. Where the first half is more riff driven, with a typical hook-verse-chorus structural pattern, the second half slows the tempo down and drives the conclusion of the EP with a lengthy guitar solo interwoven with some gang vocals. Lyrically, the song deals with loss, particularly the death of vocalist, Andrew Cannell’s, mother. The song moves through grief, mourning and anger until finally – at the end of the track, and end of the EP, acceptance.
Buy the album here:
https://deadkarmaband.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-camaro
Dead Karma is:
Vocals/Guitars: Andrew Cannell
Bass/Vocals: Sean Frankruyter
Drums: Jacob Jansen
Album Credits:
Producer: Alec McRae
Recording studio: Schoolhouse Studios and Cultivate Music Studios
Engineer: Alec McRae
Mastering: Chris Rowan of Skaldic Studios
Mixing: Alec McRae
Album cover art: Mirko Dellamonica