TrashPit Records will release the debut album from ACEY SLADE & THE DARK PARTY in January 2010 through Cargo distribution.
New York-based musician Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS, DOPE, TRASHLIGHT VISION) is set to unleash upon the world his new full-length solo/band project - THE DARK PARTY. Cleverly bringing together and stretching boundaries between both rock and electronic genres, Slade
and his new band have produced a collection of songs that are both
sonically and emotionally exciting, enabling him to smash open the
doors to another blistering musical chapter in his already colorful
career.
"There are so few artists who are really willing to put themselves out there and show other sides of their creativity," Acey
explains. "As a guy who is known for doing three chords and a cloud of
thunder type guitar rock, I really took a chance by doing this album.
And what I'm most proud of is the fact that I took this chance. To take
big risks means risking falling on your face. By just taking this risk,
I've already accomplished what I wanted to do."
Produced by English drum-and-bass producer Shaun Morris (DJ Stakka),
this is without a doubt the singer's most reflective and daring piece
of work yet and one that will see him challenge himself from here
forward. "The idea behind being a 'solo artist' is that I can change
direction from album to album and that's what I intend to do! Each
album should be bit different from the next," he says.
In today's download-friendly world, TrashPit Records was keen to hold onto excitement and pride of releasing the new album in physical format and create the full album experience! Acey
quickly agrees, "This is for people who still believe that music is
important enough to search out and take time to appreciate listening
to. You don't get the same 'intimacy' from hearing a song on a MySpace
page as you do from going to a store and buying it. When you go through
the process of buying the physical CD and have all the art work, you
invest in a friendship with both the band and the music."
BOURBON CROW, the southern side project of Wednesday 13 and Rayen Belchere (former WEDNESDAY 13 bassist), has posted two new tracks - "Those Southern Times" and "Long Way To The Bottom" - on the band's MySpace page. Both cuts come off the group's forthcoming CD "Long Way To The Bottom", which is scheduled for release in May via Horror High, LLC. A video for "Those Southern Times", which was recently filmed, involves bonfires, machine guns, dynamite and good friends, and should be completed prior to the start of the first BOURBON CROW tour, which will launch in May.
"Long Way To The Bottom" was recorded at Hooverama studios in Charlotte, North Carolina. (This is the same location Wednesday 13 has used for the past 12 years to record his WEDNESDAY 13 and FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13 releases.) A total of 13 songs were recorded for the CD, but only 10 of them will be used for the LP. The recording session was videotaped and the resulting footage may be included with the finished product as a bonus.
BOURBON CROW's touring line up will feature Roman Surman on lead guitar and current WEDNESDAY 13 bassist Nate Manor.
Acey Slade (former member of the MURDERDOLLS, DOPE and TRASHLIGHT VISION) has announced a ten-date U.K. tour this May. The tour will be billed as "The BurlAce Beauties and Leg Show Revue" and will feature a full headline set from Acey and his band, support from up-andcoming Nottingham act PATCHWORK GRACE and a burlesque show and competition each night.
The tour runs as follows: May 13 - London The Fly May 14 - Dumfries The Venue May 15 - Glasgow Stereo May 16 - Nottingham Seven May 17 - Grimsby Yardbirds May 18 - Manchester Satan's Hollow May 19 - Blackburn Corrupted May 20 - Southampton Talking Heads May 21 - Birmingham Eddies Rock Club May 22 - Leeds Rios
Dirty Rock Magazine: Back when Acey Slade joined you on tour during that time you were injured, did you guys talk about MURDERDOLLS and is that something you'd like to revisit someday?
Wednesday 13: I've always talked about it and I keep in touch with some of the guys. But at that time when Acey came back to the band for a bit, neither one of us had talked to Joey (Jordison; SLIPKNOT drummer and MURDERDOLLS guitarist) for quite some time. It was always kind of, well, we'll see what happens one day. I've been in touch with Joey more in the past few months than I have been in the past few years and I'm just kind of waiting to see what happens with SLIPKNOT when it's done. I told Joey that if he's into doing another MURDERDOLLS album, I'm 100 percent for doing it. So hopefully if he gets the free time when SLIPKNOT is done touring for the latest album, maybe if it's a possibility of doing that and I would love to do that.