| The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues | ||
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| Studio album by John Garcia | ||
| Released | January 27 2017 | |
| Recorded | April 1999 and January 2000 at Unit A Recording & Arts, Thunder-Underground in Palm Springs, California | |
| Genre | Stoner Rock, Desert Rock, Acoustic | |
| Length | 45:51 | |
| Label | Napalm Records | |
| Producer | John Garcia, Robbie Waldman, Steve Feldman | |
| John Garcia chronology | ||
| Little Marshall / Bloody Mastiff (2015) |
The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues (2017) |
John Garcia and The Band of Gold (2019) |
The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues is the second solo album by John Garcia. Recorded in 2016, it would be an acoustic album and the first to feature his backing band known as The Band of Gold. Four of the songs would be re-recorded versions of Kyuss songs while three would re-appear in desert rock form on his follow-up John Garcia and The Band of Gold.
The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues would be released in January 2017 to positive reception.
Background[]
On 6 October 2016 it would be announced that Garcia had a second album finished, working with engineers Steve Feldman and Robbie Waldman along with his full backing band. Recording would take place in Palm Springs at Unit A Recording & Arts & Thunder-Underground while mastering was handled at Oasis Mastering in Burbank.
Along with four re-imagined Kyuss songs and five originals, The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues would feature two live bonus tracks recorded in 2016 at Vintage Industrial Bar in Zagreb, Croatia. "Argelben II" would serve as a sequel to the song Argelben from the 2014 album John Garcia. Three of the songs would be re-recorded for the 2019 album John Garcia and The Band of Gold. "Give Me 250 ML" would become "Kentucky II". "The Hollingsworth Session" would become "Don't Even Think About It". Lastly, "Kylie" would become "Cheyletiella".
Notably this second record would be an acoustic album with a selection of re-recorded Kyuss songs, described by Garcia as "one of the most important of my career, difficult and challenging to do, but worth every minute of sweat!".[1] On 16 December 2016 a music video for the song "Kylie" would be released to promote the album.[2] In an interview with Metal Assault, Garcia would speak about the process in making the acoustic album:
| “ | “I didn’t overthink anything. It was simply just because I wanted to do it. Couple of years ago I thought about doing an acoustic little tour, and Ehren and I decided to try it out, to see if it could actually work. It wound up to be a lot more difficult than I had imagined, but it also wound up to be a lot more enjoyable than I ever thought it was going to be. So, we wanted to capture what we did live on a record, and that’s simply how this album came to be.
[On selecting songs] We had quite a few to choose from. We even had some Hermano songs that we were going to do. Some of them worked, some of them didn’t, and Andrew, that was the enjoyable part of working on this record, picking and choosing the songs and working through them. That was the really cool part of it. It was loosely based on just us getting in a room and jamming.” |
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— John Garcia, Metal Assault [3]
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The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues would see it's release on 27 January 2017 to largely positive reviews from the likes of Blabbermouth,[4] Angry Metal Guy,[5] The Obelisk,[6] Metal Temple,[7] and The Heavy Chronicles[8] among others.
Garcia would tour Unplugged through February and March in support of the album. Following an American-exclusive release show on 7 April in Palm Springs[9] the full band would tour that Spring which included marquee appearances at DesertFest London and DesertFest Berlin. Following an Australian acoustic tour in 2018, work would begin on the next solo record.
Tracklist[]
JOHN GARCIA - Kylie (Official Video) Napalm Records
JOHN GARCIA - Give Me 250ml (Official Lyric Video) Napalm Records
- 1. Kylie (4:58) (John Garcia, Ehren Groban)
- 2. Green Machine (3:03) (Brant Bjork)
- 3. Give Me 250 ML (2:59) (Garcia, Groban)
- 4. The Hollingsworth Session (4:56) (Garcia, Groban)
- 5. Space Cadet (5:48) (Josh Homme, Scott Reeder)
- 6. Gardenia (3:25) (Bjork)
- 7. El Rodeo (5:37) (Homme, Reeder, Garcia, Jose Alfredo Hernández)
- 8. Argleben II (5:02) (Garcia, Groban)
- 9. Court Order (3:34) (Groban)
- 10. The BLVD (Live) (3:30) (Garcia, David Angstrom, Dandy Brown)
- 11. Give Me 250 ML (Live) (2:59) (Garcia, Groban)
Personnel[]
The Band of Gold[]
- John Garcia - Vocals, Lyrics, Producer
- Ehren Groban - Guitar
- Mike Pygmie - Bass
- Greg Seanz - Percussion
Guests & Technical Personnel[]
- Ronnie King - Keyboards, Piano
- Robbie Waldman - Slide Guitar, Percussion, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Steve Feldman - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Gene Grimaldi - Mastering
- Jared Connor - Design, Layout
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ Metal Assault “This Record is Not For Everybody”: John Garcia Discusses New Solo Acoustic Album, accessed 20th July 2019
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ Angry Metal Guy
- ↑ The Obelisk
- ↑ / Metal Temple
- ↑ The Heavy Chronicles
- ↑ John Garcia Facebook
| V·T·E John Garcia | |
|---|---|
| Kyuss | Sons of Kyuss • Wretch • Blues for the Red Sun • Welcome to Sky Valley • ...And The Circus Leaves Town • Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss • Kyuss/Queens of The Stone Age |
| Slo Burn | Slo Burn Demo • Amusing The Amazing |
| Unida | The Best Of Wayne-Gro / Coming Down The Mountain • Coping With The Urban Coyote • For The Working Man |
| Hermano | ...Only A Suggestion • Dare I Say... • Live at W2 • The Sweet And Easy Of Brief Happiness • Into The Exam Room |
| Vista Chino | Peace |
| Solo Releases | John Garcia • Little Marshall / Bloody Mastiff • The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues • John Garcia and The Band of Gold |
| Other Associated Bands & Releases | Mondo Generator • Cocaine Rodeo • Hell Comes To Your Heart • Coup de Grace • Bugs on the Bluefish • Appalachian Incantation • Zun • Burial Sunrise • Moonbow • Danko Jones |