I just watched this far-out magical Guardian Alien video and just had to share it with you!
First of all, if you don’t know, Guardian Alien is a free wheeling ensemble who have found just the right balance between structured arrangements and wild abandon. Helmed by Greg Fox, who has lent his percussive force to the likes of Teeth Mountain, Dan Deacon, and Liturgy, the ensemble was initially an extension of his solo music. It rapidly took on its own identity and expanded to a core group of Greg (drums, vocals, electronics, arrangements), Alex Drewchin (vocals, synth), Turner Williams Jr. (shahai baaja), Bernard Gann (guitar and also of Liturgy), and Eli Winograd (bass).
Guardian Alien’s Thrill Jockey debut, See the World Given to a One Love Entity, is a 40 minute psychic/psychedelic meditation that is driven by an intensity that is at once expansive, focused, and heavy on multiple levels. The overall arc of the album is transportive and trance inducing.
So now that you’re prepped for the magic, press play, sit back and go on Guardian Alien’s magical journey…
From the band, about the video:
CONCEPTUALIZED OVER BOWLS OF THE HOLY MEDICINAL PHO AT CONG LY NYC, 2012, WHILE THE NOODLES WERE STILL GOOD. SHOT IN PROSPECT PARK AT THE BREAK OF DAWN, AND EDITED DURING MULTIPLE LONG AND ARDUOUS DRIVES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA. HOMAGE TO: CHRISTOPHER WALKEN’S PERFORMANCE IN THE MOVIE VERSION OF WHITLEY STREIBER’S “COMMUNION”, AEOLUS KEPHAS, AND ROBERT ANTON WILSON.
Download the “See The World Given To A One Love Entity” excerpt right here.
Guardian Alien is currently finishing up tour dates with Starring, and will be playing shows next month at Hopscotch Festival (including a Thrill Jockey day party), and at the Thrill Jockey 20th Anniversary show in Brooklyn.
Guardian Alien Tour Dates:
Aug 20 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Aug 21 – Louisville, KY – Mag Bar
Aug 22 – Cleveland, OH – Happy Dog
Aug 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – 31st Street Pub
Aug 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Aug 25 – Sommerville, MA – PA’s Lounge
Sep 6 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Festival (at White Collar Crime)
Sep 7 – Raleigh, NC – Neptune’s – Thrill Jockey Day Party w/ Man Forever, White Hills
Sep 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio – Thrill Jockey 20 w/ White Hills, Man Forever, Dan Friel, Rhyto
