After having shared the stage with Fugazi and Converge and performing with Cave In‘s Stephen Brodskey in New Idea Society, Boston's Mike Law created his latest project Wild Arrows. Now TGEFM is totally excited to premiere the brand new single from Wild Arrows: “Animal.” (stream here)
This single follows up on the band's third release; last year's Rejection Bloom EP. Mike gives us further details on the single:
“Animal” is the first time I've been excited by guitar for a very, very, very, long time. After I lost my studio and all of my gear in Hurricane Sandy I didn't feel connected to a guitar sound. The combination of guitar and amp I'd found my way to over a lifetime was not being easily replaced. But by accident this Winter I put two amps together via different pedals and blended them to something that really excited my ears. Having read that when Kim Deal of The Breeders gets an idea she follows through in the moment and completes it I decided to do the same thing and I put this song together immediately in about 17 hours. Gary Atturio mixed it a few months later and here it is. It's about trading teeth with a lion and the fallout with its family over the deal.
Go wild with the new song below and, underneath, find the band's upcoming tour dates!
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed's musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he's self-aware, amirite?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
Mike is a solid dude.