SuperGiant will be featured on a live DVD alongside Suspended and SandiaMan performances from the November 7th, 2009 “Concerts for Cures” show at Launchpad. Proceeds go to kids fighting cancer.
Anyone in Albuquerque who needs a guitar setup or repair Bill Richardson is your man! He has worked on our stuff for years and is highly recommended. We’re lucky to have him in town! Find him on the web here studioguitarworks.com
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Yes it is true records are a dying art, that is precisely why we made one. There is a life in an album that far exceeds anything an ipod could ever hope to do. Thank you to everyone who came out in support of our neolithic idea of putting our music to the almighty record. We love you.
In this age of modern technology as humans continue to disconnect to one another by using technology to replace actual human interaction we find ourselves longing for the next source of instant gratification and missing opportunities to connect with real people. Yet we have convinced ourselves that being on these boxes of wires is real. There really isn’t much debate on that, its a screen with a box of wires. Do you remember when there were only phones at home? Those were the days when driving was safer because some 14 year old girl wasn’t going 70 miles an hour down Central Avenue while text messaging about the latest Hannah Montana album and the drama that happened at lunch while she ate cheetos and drank apple juice.
There was a time when strangers seemed to care more, when people were paying attention to one another rather than their phones and their computers, there was a greater sense of community. I miss those days, yet find myself enthralled and overwhelmed by all of the new shit we come up with daily. Even as I type this I chuckle at myself for communicating through this medium, I wish I could look in your eyes and speak to you and hear your response rather then hoping this translates in some way. It is fascinating to watch us fumble over one another for the latest and greatest box of wires. Someday the batteries will burn out, the satellites will fail and technology will die leaving us to panic and reinvent ourselves and our minds again. I am longing for that day, it used to be so fucking simple and inevitably will be again someday.
We have recorded the base tracks for Pistol Star and it looks as though we will have 8 new songs to share with you in 2010. With topics ranging from drunken Mexican escapades to the most finite forms of energy that bind the entire universe together. Everything is matter and a matter of perspective. Joel is going to record the vocal tracks after the new year and we are anticipating a spring release. In the interim moments between now and then enjoy your holiday celebration regardless of what you conceive God or Love to be. We are all made from the same atoms, the same energy and the same source. So however you define it or don’t, be merry and enjoy your existence.
Happy Holiday from your friends and family of SuperGiant
LOVE is all there is.
SuperGiant with Suspended, Sepratist Faction, Willy J and the Storytellers
This 8-song EP was recorded back in 2006 only months after forming the band and only weeks (or days) after some of the songs were written. The original pressing of 1000 cds quickly sold-out and this album has been desired but unavailable for over two years. Come and grab a copy of the limited-edition green vinyl for your collection.
SuperGiant – Self Titled
Review by Tim Emswiler (StonerRock.com)
Self-released
Available now
Now, I’ve never been to Albuquerque, New Mexico. In fact, I haven’t even come close, but when I found out that SuperGiant hails from those parts, my mind immediately assumed that I would hear some fat, fuzzy, smoke-wreathed chords, some peyotian lyrics, and that kinda head-down determination to rock blended with just enough space to keep the mental pores open and provide a break from the hair-throwing. This is because I am psychic. And this is exactly what I got.
Now, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hear a touch of the Kyussian here, but I’d be hard-pressed to think of a band that embodies what I think of as “stoner rock” who avoids this favorite of all name drops. And SuperGiant does indeed embody that, but there is a vibe here that makes this unique, and (more importantly) rewards repeated listens. A big part of that vibe comes courtesy of Joel Rogers’ vocals, which are neither growly, guttural, shrieking, or piercing. They are, instead, somewhat understated, with an undertone of darkness that makes these songs more haunting than your run-of-the-mill retrobates. In fact, I’ve been beating my brains out all day trying to figure out who he reminds me of, without success, unless any of you know Scab Cadillac.
Also contributing to the vibe are the stylistic swings between songs: “Devil, Jesus and Me,” my favorite track, has a menacing swagger that The Lizard King would have appreciated, while “Sphere Mirror” is a Blue Cheer-y blooze with feedback-bleeding guitar work that could only have made he happier if it had been about six minutes longer. We get some of the almighty flange, lest we forget what territory is being mined here. We get some rockers. And, in closing track “War for Peace,” the band gets political. Never a bad thing in these weird times. Highly recommended.
We will be hitting Sight 16 Studio December 4, 5 and 6th to record our 3rd album to be entitled “Pistol Star”. Sid Garcia who recorded our 2006 EP will be producing the record.
new SuperGiant bootleg recording from our set last Saturday 11.7.09 at Launchpad! Concerts4Cures to raise $ to buy instruments and instruction for kids fighting cancer.
Thanks to PaulE for getting people together for a great cause, Joe for hosting the event, Aaron for doing sound, Wolf for recording the show and posting and to everyone who came out to support the cause. This recording contains a few songs that will be on our upcoming album “Pistol Star”
