Official press release:
Laser’s Edge this week announces the addition of Ohio-based quartet, EYE, to the label’s ever-expanding roster, as the band puts the finishing touches on their fourth record for release.
The music EYE generates is technical, thought driven and atmospheric, but also very dirty and simple, an aesthetic the band refers to as “garage-prog.” Retro in style without sliding into stoner rock, EYE is driven by a love of raw, fist-pounding 1970s heavy metal and progressive-space rock, tempered by mind warping 1960s psychedelic music. With decades of experience as musicians, and armed with an arsenal of vintage synthesizers, effects and gear, EYE bewitches audiences live throughout the Midwest region from their home base in Columbus, Ohio.
EYE continues to connect with established fans and newcomers alike with their fourth release, Vision And Ageless Light, their first album through Laser’s Edge, which is due this Summer. Featuring vintage keys, mellotron, accomplished and dynamic songs, including an epic, full-side encompassing track. Vision And Ageless Light will be the first EYE release to include new members bassist Michael Sliclen and guitarist Jon Finley.
The brainchild of drummer Brandon Smith, EYE’s sound was fully realized in partnership with keyboardist/guitarist Lisa Bella Donna, who also engineered and mixed the first album, Center Of The Sun. The album was released on LP by Kemado Records in 2012, after which Lisa joined as a full-time member and work began on the sophomore album, Second Sight, which was independently released in 2013. EYE soon followed it with the live-in-the-studio Live At Relay album on LP and cassette through Dangerous Age Records in 2014. The impending Vision And Ageless Light will be a welcome and exciting addition both EYE and The Laser’s Edge catalogs.
Stand by for more info on Vision And Ageless Light in the weeks ahead, followed by touring in support of the album through the Summer and Fall months. In the meantime, EYE will join an array of other local artists at a special show this Friday, March 25th dubbed, Columbus To Syria, in order to raise awareness of the global Syrian refugee crisis. The band will also support the mighty Zombi in Columbus on May 13th.
EYE Live:
3/25 – Columbus, OH @ Columbus To Syria | Cafe Bourbon St./The Summit
5/13 – Columbus, OH | Ace Of Cups w/ Zombi