April 24, 2014, Athens, GA - Lazer/Wulf, the Georgia-based instrumental trio whose music Creative Loafing said "echoes the best math, metal, and prog rock craftsmanship of the last decade," release their highly-anticipated debut album The Beast of Left and Right on July 15 via Retro Futurist Records.
"Coming from Athens, GA, a place where every possible genre of music thrives, but it's not just that. They all co-exist. Everyone's a cross-over artist to varying degrees, because everyone knows each other, shares bills, passes notes. So it wasn't enough for us that we were just a "metal band" in that community; we were encouraged to be bigger than that," explains Lazer/Wulf guitar player Bryan Aiken. "And it works both ways; we were exposed to the most experimental versions of folk, rap, electronica, classical quartets, math-rock... so the rules just flew out the window. Except the golden rule, which is never to be predictable."
The Beast of Left and Right was recorded at Jam Room Studios in Columbia, SC and produced by Kylesa's Phillip Cope, who also is one of the Retro Futurist Records' label owners.
Lazer/Wulf have self-released two EPs: 2009's The Void That Isn't and the 2012 release There Was a Hole Here. It's Gone Now. The three-piece, who Flagpole called "maniacal, prog-obsessed precisionists" is Bryan Aiken (guitar), Sean Peiffer (bass) and Brad Rice (drums).
Lazer/Wulf join Kylesa for a European tour, which kicks off on June 9 in Germany, all upcoming performances:
April 25 Athens, GA The Caledonia Lounge
May 2 Atlanta, GA Star Bar
June 9 Braunschweig, Germany Kulturclub Hansa
June 10 Lyngby, Denmark Templet
June 11 Malmo, Sweden Babel
June 12 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Arena
June 13 Bergen, Norway Bergenfest
June 15 Kiel, Germany Pumpe
June 16 Drachten, Netherlands Iduna
June 17 Stuttgart, Germany Juha West
June 18 Siegen, Germany Vortex
June 19 Saarbrucken, Germany Garage
June 20 Clisson, France Hellfest
June 21 Vitoria, Spain Canopy
June 22 Porto, Portugal Hard Club
June 23 Madrid, Spain Boite Live
June 24 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 3
June 25 Toulouse, France Le Connexion
June 26 Montpellier, France La Taf
June 27 Lausanne, Switzerland Inferno Fest
June 28 Dessel, Belgium Graspop
June 29 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof
June 30 Munchen, Germany Strom
July 1 Pisa, Italy The Jungle
July 2 Bolonga, Italy Freakout Club
July 3 Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 4 Rijeka, Croatia Delta Summer Street Session
July 5 Gleisdorf, Austria Bang Bang Club
July 7 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
July 8 Gdansk, Poland B90
July 9 Berlin, Germany Magnet
July 10 Dresden, Germany Scheune
July 11 Erfurt, Germany Stoned From The Underground
July 12 Linz, Austria Ottenheimer Open Air
July 13 Monchengladbach, Germany Horst Festival
July 15 St. Petersburg, Russia Zal Ozhidaniya
July 16 Moscow, Russia Volta
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