Multi-hyphenate artist and creator Greg Puciato (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed, Jerry Cantrell) has released his debut solo album, 11/11/22 Los Angeles at the Don Quixote, streaming now exclusively via Bandcamp, with pre-orders for the vinyl version of the 11-song album available now at the link below. The concert was the debut solo performance in his career, supporting his solo album, Mirrorcell (Federal Prisoner). The album was in Ghost Cult’s Top 30 for 2022. In addition to a new merch drop and the vinyl pre-orders, Greg has also shared a performance video of “Lowered ft. Reba Meyers” of Code Orange, which you can watch now!
https://gregpuciato.bandcamp.com/album/11-11-22-los-angeles
Puciato has also shared an additional video from the namesake performance, a clip that features guest vocalist Reba Meyers (Code Orange):
A clip for “Deep Set” (https://youtu.be/6U3IGUQmV1o), which was also directed by Jim Louvau and Tony Aguilera, was unveiled last week.
“You don’t get many first shows,” says Puciato of the Don Quixote show. “Having the ability to properly document one and get high quality audio and video…I didn’t wanna regret not doing that. It’s gonna be killer to look back at this 100 or even five shows from now and see how much further along the live versions of these songs are. When I hear these recordings, I instantly feel transported to that room, that night, with my bandmates onstage and friends and everyone there in attendance. A lot of love and support and passion and hard work and talent in the room. I hope it does the same for you if you were there, and resonates as strongly for people who weren’t able to attend. I can’t wait to do more of this and see everyone again and more of you in other places down the line.”
11/11/22 Los Angeles is available on a number of highly-limited (250 copies) vinyl variants: neon green splatter on clear, blood red over electric blue, neon magenta over milky clear, opaque black on clear with neon orange platter, and black splatter on transparent blood red. The album will arrive on additional streaming services following its vinyl release in the Spring.
Joining Puciato and Meyers for the live performance are Nick Rowe (guitar), Chris Hornbrook (drums), James Hammontree (guitar), and Jeff “Manwolf” Geiser (bass).
11/11/22 Los Angeles album cover (photo: Jonathan Weiner)
11/11/22 Los Angeles track list:
- No More Lives to Go
- Deep Set
- Lowered
- Do You Need Me to Remind You?
- Absence as a Presence
- Never Wanted That
- Down When I’m Not
- All Waves to Nothing
- A Pair of Questions
- Evacuation
- September City
Photo credit: Stephen Odom
Greg Puciato came to prominence as the singer of The Dillinger Escape Plan, quickly becoming one of music’s most unpredictable and versatile vocalists. Throughout his career he has been equally adventurous when choosing his projects. From the metal-centric Killer Be Killed, to the brooding, R&B-infused electro outfit The Black Queen, onto his two remarkable solo albums (2020’s Child Soldier: Children of God and 2022’s Mirrorcell), and recently, his work with Jerry Cantrell, Puciato has amassed a dynamic and impressive body of work.
Greg Puciato “11/11/2022: Los Angeles” Bandcamp Exclusive
Digital And Vinyl Release
https://youtu.be/qrsVGJgDjk8
Greg commented on the merch in a seperate message to fans:
Hey y’all. We made these for you. This has been a labor of love over the last five weeks. The live recording of the November 11th Los Angeles show, with five physical variants as fully tricked out and as limited as we could get away with. 250 copies of each, reverse board packaging, spot gloss UV, insane color patterns, different things etched into the runout of each side(you’ll have to wait to see what they are), hand-numbered.
Neon Green Splatter on Clear
Blood Red over Electric Blue
Neon Magenta over Milky Clear
Opaque Black on Clear with Neon Orange Splatter
Black Splatter on Transparent Blood Red
I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get a good multi-track recording of my first ever solo show, if even just for me to be able to listen back and be as scrutinizing of and unsatisfied with myself as possible(and I have been). But most important for me was to have a lasting document of a really meaningful moment that I shared with my friends, and with a lot of you. If you were there, this is for us. If you weren’t there, you were missed, and I hope this makes you feel like you were. We had some severe technical issues in “Reality Spiral” and “Fire For Water” that made them unusable for the recording, and as for my collaboration with Carpenter Brut, “Imaginary Fire”, I want the first live recording of that song to be of he and I doing it together, but the rest of it is all here. Nick, who produced my first record and played guitar live at this show, mixed this, and did an amazing job at making this sound and feel the way it did that night. It’s surreal for me to hear this. As surreal as it is that so many of you were there. As surreal as it is to even play solo shows, or to even release solo music, or as this entire journey has been. I’m grateful for all of you. Again, this is for us.
See you all soon. Can’t wait.
-GP
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