Failure’s new album, The Heart Is A Monster, is an unexpected surprise. After a two-decade absence and a parade of band/side projects, guitarist/vocalist Ken Andrews, bassist/vocalist Greg Edwards and drummer Kellii Scott reconvened to follow up 1996’s critically acclaimed and commercially ignored Fantastic Planet. Monster sounds contemporarily fresh, and yet still feels like a logical next step 19 years after its predecessor. Failure will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on them.
Scott: Just got through listening to Physical Graffiti for the billionth time. Holy shit! It still sounds as fresh and exciting as the first time I heard it as a kid. All Zep records transcent the date they were released. Every note perfectly placed and felt and with the energy and taste that to this day rivals most, if not all, current bands. The beautiful space they create, the balance of melody and power that each member just oozes and how they seamlessly compliment one another. It’s so evil and delicious. I could, as a matter of fact, survive completely content on an island with only one of either of their genius workds. Get out the LED!
Video after the jump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDwotNLyz10
