On new album Warble Womb (Xemu), Dead Meadow continues going its own way with a thick, dense sound that includes traces of folk, metal, ’60s rock, swampy blues and murky psychedelia. Hints of Howlin’ Wolf and Neil Young also go drifting through the mix from time to time. The long hours the band puts into its music is evident on every track of Warble Womb, an album that took three years to put together. The songs were shaped in Dead Meadow’s home studio and involved experiments with new sounds and recording techniques. Guitarist Jason Simon will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Dead Meadow feature.
Simon: I love Columbo. I can watch little glass-eyed Peter Falk showing up some upper-class cats who think they’re above everyone around them all day. Puffing tough on his cigar, stomping into all sorts of situations, Columbo is the man. I think my favorite episode, Any Old Port In A Storm, pits Columbo against a crazed wine aficionado played by the equally amazing Donald Pleasance.
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