BRENT HINDS DOUBLE-FISTS THE WORLD WITH A TWO CD SIDE-PROJECT SET

Late last year we had the opportunity to see the amazing Brent Hinds walk his rockabilly and alley cat strut with not one but TWO bands in ONE night at Brooklyn’s intimate Union Pool, when his two side projects Fiend Without a Face (which also features Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor) and West End Motel hit the road for a brief East Coast run. My jaw hit the floor when I saw Hinds jam out those rockabilly rhythms and leads from up-close; it often gets lost in the behemoth that is everything about Mastodon, but good God, Hinds is a positively stunning player of inimitable prowess.

Good news for Fiend Without a Face fans who, like me, had a lot of trouble tracking down their only record; Rocket Science will release a two-CD set on June 7th featuring the lone self-titled Fiend Without a Face record and West End Motel’s brand new debut Don’t Shiver, You’re A Winner. Both bands actually pre-date Mastodon and provide a great look into Hinds influences; stream a Fiend Without a Face song here and a West End Motel song here.

Sez Brent Hinds: “I feel like a thousand umpa lumpas have been lifted from my back. I want to thank everyone that made this possible..seeing in the time it took to put these two albums out, I wrote five more, so whoever likes this kind of stuff, there’s a lot more where this came from.”  You can pre-order the CD/bundles & receive a free download from each band here.

Very much excited for this.

-VN