GT ULTRA
by Guerilla Toss
Gachary
Gachary
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kolodychuk
edward cavazos
236ism
bubbafink
domesticatedcursive
Jackalope Mordecai Crustacean
andyleclair
Raymond Halliburton
Sean Clancy
Alex Tripp
John Ledoux
M3OW
Dave M
John Bloor
Hunter King
robin doermann
Marc Smith
John Newcomer
Mark McCloud
JonEP
Blake Smith
David Sackllah
Dan White
David Rahman
Fred The Valet
tfvd
Nils Meyerhoff
Peefogg
Abram Taber
g0re20
grady roper
Guap
ajbouchie
David Donaldson
Franz
Dani Kupak
Michael Lieto
Alexander Sargent
Shankar AV
reannacomiso
flgstff
Travis Weaver
Don Rolando
Sam
c kamp
Prison for Kids
stax
Franz Andreani
joe rose
sebas_0132
assertivist
Deven Seth
Dylan Lance
McL
Pokhoronny Baraban
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Tamaya Honda
rotch
spencer thompson
Neg-guh-tor
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumVINYL OUT MAY 19 2017.
It is no mistake the album is wrapped in vintage blotter acid, created by legendary LSD archivist and artist Mark McCloud and The Institute of Illegal Images, based out of San Francisco. Inner sleeve art by Keith Rankin.
Includes unlimited streaming of GT ULTRA via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 2 days$20 USD or more
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Can I Get The Real Stuff
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Crystal Run
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TV Do Tell
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The String Game
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Skull Pop
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Dog In The Mirror
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Dose Rate
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about
GT Ultra is the second full length album by Guerilla Toss on DFA Records. The album demonstrates a remarkable shift in sound, musicianship and songwriting, without ever giving up the unhinged quality that made their earlier recordings so exciting.
The album title GT Ultra is a clever nod to ‘Project MK Ultra’, the government sponsored experiments using new experimental drugs to explore mind control, torture and forced confessions, often with LSD as their drug of choice. These tests lasted from the mid 1950’s-1960’s, but with a new administration in the white house, government sponsored torture is fresh again on many minds.
The songs on the album ricochet back and forth between hyper bouncy pop and deeper darker longer, more nuanced tracks. Peter Negroponte’s drumming, always a major highlight for the band, are in full force once again, this time bringing a Nassau/Compass Point feel to many tracks, like the classic recordings of Grace Jones and Talking Heads.
Kassie’s vocals and lyrics are both more personal and more cryptic than ever. But you can hear every word this time, and there is a lyric sheet. As preferred, the meaning is within the listener. It is a dream state record for sure, meant to take you along on a similar vibe that the band has been tripping on these past few years, filled with an insistence to “hydrate, gyrate, think straight, no weight”, all the while under the influence of golden beams of orange sunshine, glimmering glitter and kaleidoscopic bursts.
It is no mistake the album is wrapped in vintage blotter acid, created by legendary LSD archivist and artist Mark McCloud and The Institute of Illegal Images, based out of San Francisco.
The album title GT Ultra is a clever nod to ‘Project MK Ultra’, the government sponsored experiments using new experimental drugs to explore mind control, torture and forced confessions, often with LSD as their drug of choice. These tests lasted from the mid 1950’s-1960’s, but with a new administration in the white house, government sponsored torture is fresh again on many minds.
The songs on the album ricochet back and forth between hyper bouncy pop and deeper darker longer, more nuanced tracks. Peter Negroponte’s drumming, always a major highlight for the band, are in full force once again, this time bringing a Nassau/Compass Point feel to many tracks, like the classic recordings of Grace Jones and Talking Heads.
Kassie’s vocals and lyrics are both more personal and more cryptic than ever. But you can hear every word this time, and there is a lyric sheet. As preferred, the meaning is within the listener. It is a dream state record for sure, meant to take you along on a similar vibe that the band has been tripping on these past few years, filled with an insistence to “hydrate, gyrate, think straight, no weight”, all the while under the influence of golden beams of orange sunshine, glimmering glitter and kaleidoscopic bursts.
It is no mistake the album is wrapped in vintage blotter acid, created by legendary LSD archivist and artist Mark McCloud and The Institute of Illegal Images, based out of San Francisco.
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released June 23, 2017
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