Your New Favorite Band: Extra Life
Extra Life
From: Brooklyn,NY
RIYL: Dirty Projectors, Xiu Xiu, Mr Bungle
Extra Life - "Black Hoodie (Pre Album Version)"
For all the minimalist garage rock coming out of Brooklyn, there are still some new bands with enough technical precision and inventiveness to give us something new. The band's debut record, Made Flesh is out on March 30th, and it's quite an adventure. Starting with the frantic "Voluptuous Life," they come out the gates with a concoction of fused influences from Metal to jazz to pop. It takes the type of quick, calculated turns that only skilled musicians can pull off. Containing and overload of styles and complexities, this very dark collection of music is not for casual listeners. Much like Mr Bungle's Disco Volante, Made Flesh is rock music gone into the more adventurous avant-garde direction. Extra Life sounds nothing like any other band your listening to right now, and that makes them incredibly refreshing. If this is the direction that the Brooklyn music scene goes next, we're in store for something wonderful.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
02/22 - Providence, RI @ Machines With Magnets
02/23 - Kittery, ME @ Buoy
02/24 - Montreal, Quebec @ Green Room
02/25 - Toronto, Ontario @ Terange
02/26 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Arbor Vitae
02/27 - Detroit, MI @ Division Gallery
02/28 - Grand Rapids, MI @ DAAC
03/01 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (free show)
03/02 - Minneapolis, MI @ 7th St. Entry
03/04 - Vancouver, BC @ Honey Lounge
03/05 - Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern
03/06 - Seattle, WA @ Josephine
03/07 - Portland, OR @ Ground Kontrol
03/09 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern (w/Ora Cogan)
03/10 - Sacramento, CA @ The Hub (w/ Appetite, Afternoon Brother)
03/11 - Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand (w/ Religious Girls)
03/12 - Irvine, CA @ UC Irvine
03/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo Curio
03/14 - San Diego, CA @ Radio Room (w/ Vaginals, Witt)
03/16 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture (w/ Xiu Xiu)
03/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space (w/ Past Lives)
03/18 - El Paso, TX @ Dominic's Piano Bar (w/ Past Lives)
03/20 - St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Arts
03/21 - Cincinnati, OH @ CS13
03/22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
03/23 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
03/26 - Baltimore, MD @ Windup Space
03/27 - Queens, NY @ Silent Barn (w/ Skeletons, Nine Eleven, Thesaurus, Zs)
