“We’re a pretty dark band—I don’t see this record getting a lot of radio play.” There’s a warmth in the voice of Bryan Giles, guitarist for Portland, Ore., band Red Fang, that belies his group’s darkness. The band just released its third album, Whales And Leeches (Relapse), after a summer raging across the festivals and rock clubs of Europe. Through a series of hilarious viral videos and years of intensely cathartic, energetic shows, the group has earned a reputation as one of heavy music’s premier party bands—whether it wants that title or not. Giles will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Red Fang feature.
Giles: I first discovered noctiluca in San Diego while taking a late-night swim in the Pacific. It’s an organism that glows green or blue when agitated as a defense mechanism. It is so surreal to swim in it, your body becomes a glowing ghost. I later visited Vieques, an island near Puerto Rico where I swam in a bay that contains the highest concentration of it in the world. Trippy? Dood!
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