Massachusetts sludge metal quintet, Leather Lung, have unveiled their new video single “Spit in the Casket.” This is the opening track of their forthcoming first full album Graveside Grin, chalked up for release on March 15, via Magnetic Eye Records. Head into the article below, and check out the new video.
Pre-order Graveside Grin here.
“The opening track “Spit in the Casket” is a middle finger in song form“, singer Mike announces. “It was written in the catharsis of leaving a toxic relationship. This song is dedicated to anyone that has ever disrespected you and lets them know that it won’t happen again. We play this track like we are kicking down your door with it. For that reason, we have chosen “Spit in the Casket” as the first single and opening track off our new record Graveside Grin. This also happens to be our first full length release and first effort as a 5-piece band. It’s our beastly new form and we’re showing teeth. So better stay on our good side and blast the newest single as loud as it goes!”
Graveside Grin tracklisting:
01 Spit in the Casket
02 Big Bad Bodega Cat
03 Freewheelin’ Maniac
04 Empty Bottle Boogie
05 Guilty Pleasure
06 Macrodose (Interlude)
07 La La Land
08 Twisting Flowers
09 Headstone
10 Cornered Animal
11 Raised Me Rowdy
Graveside Grin is available as an LP on marbled black and yellow vinyl, on solid yellow vinyl, and as digisleeve CD.
Recording & Mix by Chris Johnson at New Alliance Audio, Somerville, MA
Mastering by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Portland, OR
Artwork and layout by Mike Vickers
Illustrated by Ester Cardella
More from Leather Lung:
Let’s get this party started! The incorrigible headbangers in Leather Lung have heard the pleas of their enthusiastic following to bring forth a new album of substance-fueled boogie metal, and have obliged at last with the raucous new full-length Graveyard Grin. The proper debut album from the New England five-piece has everything promised by their previous EP releases: a thick, chugging concoction of stoner metal, doom, and unrelenting sludge, blended into a refreshingly heavy brew with a catchy kick.
Leather Lung are a wild bunch that know the meaning of fun. This is hardly surprising as the band sprang into existence out of friendship and the punk and hardcore scene of Boston in 2012. Starting as a four-piece, they quickly gained an excellent reputation in their local scene, as well as plenty of critical attention through a string of EPs, starting with Reap What You Sow (2014) and followed in regular intervals by Lost in Temptation (2016), Lonesome, On’ry and Evil (2019), and Dive Bar Devil (2022).
Dive Bar Devil is also the name of Leather Lung’s own brand of lager beer, which has already sold out and been re-brewed multiple times. One may speculate that this is the liquid coming out off the can that the band’s Green Lady mascot of each of their record covers opens forcefully in the artwork of Graveside Grin.
Now a five-piece with the addition of a second guitarist, Leather Lung are ready to take on the world. Following crushing live appearances at DesertFest New York and Psycho Las Vegas, the band return with Graveside Grin, a massive sign that these freaks from Boston are ready for the road and amped to get the global party going.
Line-up
Mike – vocals
Zach – guitar, vocals
Ben – drums
Jesse – bass, vocals
Greg – guitar
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