Photo by: James Rexroad
Official press release:
Seattle, Washington-based Great Falls, uniting a cast of underground lifers hailing from the likes of Kiss It Goodbye, Undertow, Playing Enemy, Bastard Feast, Gaytheist, and more, present their most unhinged and harrowing release to date with The Bite That Grows Up, rapidly approaching October release on Neurosis’ label, Neurot Recordings.
The forty-minute The Bite That Grows Up once again showcases why Great Falls is revered as one of the heaviest bands in the American Pacific Northwest. The band’s sludge-meets-hardcore brutality is tinged with hues of emotional post-metal, scathing noise dirges, blasting percussive attacks, and an all-encompassing low-end tone that obliterates everything within earshot on The Bite That Grows Up.
Joining the trio of guitarist/vocalist Demian Johnston, bassist Shane Mehling, and drummer/vocalist Nickolis Parks, The Bite That Grows Up is infiltrated with additional instrumentation by frequent collaborator John Schork (Half Majesty), and the lead single “Nicotine in the Spine” features additional vocals by Peter Clement Lund, the late guitarist/vocalist of Danish band and Great Falls tourmates Kollapse, who tragically passed away a few weeks after tracking these vocals. The album was engineered by Scott Evans (Neurosis, Sumac, Shearling) at Studio Litho – owned by Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam – mixed by Evans at Antisleep, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Nails, Obituary, Deadguy), and completed with photography by Mitchell Wojcik and illustration and design by Demian Johnston.
Stream Great Falls’ decimating “Nicotine in the Spine” below and stream it here.
The Bite That Grows Up will be released on LP – neon orange, mustard, and black/gold burst splatter variants – as well as CD and digital formats on October 16th. Pre-orders for all formats and merch are live through Neurot Recordings HERE.
Additional preview tracks will drop ahead of the album over the weeks ahead.
Greta Falls has announced an Eastern North American tour with labelmates Kowloon Walled City, just ahead of the release of The Bite That Grows Up. The trek brings them through Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Youngstown, Brooklyn, Cambridge, and Philadelphia October 5th through 12th, including a set at Emissions From The Monolith alongside Voivod, Cavity, Torche, Rwake, Weedeater, Bongzilla, Today Is The Day, and many others. The new album will be on sale early at these dates.
The Bite That Grows Up track listing:
- “A Small Weakness”
- “Pinned Against Time”
- “Worse Than Sleep”
- “Hailstone Numbers”
- “Nicotine in the Spine”
- “Debt Ethics”
- “Buildings Full of Rope”
- “What No One Can Give”
10/05 Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade
10/06 Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
10/07 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
10/08 Toronto, ON – Monarch Tavern
10/09 Youngstown, OH – Emissions From The Monolith
10/10 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
10/11 Cambridge, MA – Sonia
10/12 Philadelphia, PA – Milk Boy
