Moon Tooth, Long Island rockers have released a new acoustic EP today, via Pure Noise Records – titled Violent Grief. The 5-song EP is comprised of four songs from the band’s critically-acclaimed 2019 release CRUX, as well as a new track, “Six of Swords.” CRUX was chosen by Rolling Stone as one of their top 50 albums of 2019, as well as receiving plenty of merit from other titles, such as Guitar World and Metal Injection.
Check out the brand new video for “Six of Swords” below:
Talking about “Six of Swords”, guitarist Nick Lee comments, “It is a complete departure from anything we have released before. It is minimalist, patient, and musing whereas everything we have released thus far is immediate and intense. We are stoked to stretch out and show what else we can do with “Six of Swords.”
On the meaning behind their new EP, Moon Tooth vocalist John Carbone said, “Time is the only thing with a chance of washing grief away. It’s a process that can be ugly, violent and in most cases not brief. In order to let time do it’s work properly, a person must recognise the difference between the violence that’s necessary and the violence that’s clung to. At some point, grief is a choice. When time’s done its job, it’s up to us to put the hurt down.”
Moon Tooth began its journey at the end of 2012. Founding members Nick Lee and Ray Marte‘s previous band had dissolved and they quickly found a musical and philosophical kinship with singer John Carbone and bassist Vincent Romanelli. The band went straight to work writing and constantly gigging.
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