Eraserhead

Description

Eraserhead is the solo album debut by the American metal vocalist and guitarist Jimmy P. Brown II of Deliverance fame, released on Retroactive Records in August 2018. Featuring Jimmy P. Brown on guitar and vocals backed by a rhythm section consisting of long-time friend and bassist Manny Morales and ace drummer Jon Knox of Adam Again and White Heart fame. Includes a cover of “Entertaining Angels”, a song written by Newsboys and originally recorded on their 1998-album Step Up to the Microphone. “The Watchers” features a guest appearance from Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine fame.

No sampling, no mass manipulation of tones or sound replacing of any sorts. The sounds you hear are pretty much as they were recorded in the studio. That’s where the real work took place. Mic placement, choice of mics and preamps, compressors, etc. I feel these elements are felt throughout the album and I enjoy the tones more than any other album I have recorded so far. [Jimmy P. Brown II]

If you don’t know your Christian rock history, Jimmy P Brown II is the veteran frontman for progressive thrash metal legends Deliverance. The first thing you notice about this album is the vocal, which has a distinct theatrical feel – it made me think of what The Divine Comedy might sound like if they embraced rock with a metal tinge. It makes for very interesting listening therefore as it’s not at all straightforward. I loved the solid backing with the soaring guitar lines: the drumming is so solid and precise you could use it as a time signal. The rhythmic shifts suited the material well, underlining the theatricity mentioned earlier. I found it hard to find solid reference points: the band sounded a bit like Pain, with slices of early Evanescence, Def Leppard, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and My Chemical Romance, whereas the vocal veered from The Cure to Disturbed to Marillion then back to The Damned. Then just as you think you’ve got them pegged, they throw in a seriously singable chorus in «Entertaining Angels» and a gorgeous guitar hook in «Memoria». If you like your rock metally but with less predictability then this is well worth a shot. [Paul S Ganney, Cross Rhythms, 20 September 2018]

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CD tracklist:

01. Ego – 3:55
02. Stained – 4:12
03. Indecisive – 3:30
04. Entertaining Angels – 4:27
05. The Scales – 4:31
06. Memoria – 5:55
07. A Story of Time – 4:45
08. The Swell Lot of Thieves – 4:31
09. Digital Postage Stamp – 5:23
10. The Watchers – 6:53

Note: Released on both 12-inch colored vinyl LP (500 ex) and CD by Retroactive Records.

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Eraserhead sessions – (L-R) Manny Morales, Jon Knox, and Jimmy P. Brown II.

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