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| Comet Control's Chad Ross aka C.Ross enlisted pedal steel player Aaron Goldstein for his new Skull Creator album out now. |
Here's the scoop...
“Skull Creator” is the new solo record by Canadian singer/guitarist C.Ross, better known as Chad Ross. While Chad currently fronts Toronto psych rockers Comet Control, many will know Chad as the singer/ guitarist for heavy psych rockers Quest for Fire, a member of legendary T.O. garage rockers The Deadly Snakes and a touring member of Vancouver’s Pink Mountaintops when not knocking out solo acoustic tracks as Nordic Nomadic. Chad's newest project builds on these past escapades and demonstrates his maturing songcraft in a psych-folk direction. “Skull Creator” is out now as a vinyl LP co-release on Atlanta’s Echodelick Records, Canada’s Noise Agony Mayhem and Australia’s Ramble Records. Available digitally on Party Product Records. Get it from your favourite streaming service right here: https://orcd.co/skullcreator
The new record features eight genre-bending songs rooted in classic North American folk-rock, while hinting at Ross’s fuzzy psych-rock past. Recorded, produced and mixed by Joshua Wells (Lightning Dust, Destroyer, Black Mountain) at the Balloon Factory in Vancouver, British Columbia (the home studio of Dan Bejar of Destroyer), the new album “Skull Creator” was written at first as a solo acoustic project. When Destroyer’s Joshua Wells joined in on both drums and keys and Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless, Golden Void, the Black Crowes) on guitar, with Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel, the project morphed into a sweet psych-folk adventure.
Speaking of the hauntingly powerful album, Ross states: “I had it in my head that I was gonna make an acoustic record, with the sole purpose of making fun of myself, reflecting on a few of my past wasted lives and just generally taking the singer/songwriter thing out with the trash. The lyrics all made me laugh at one point, but when Josh and Isaiah got involved, things got elevated…. as they tend to do with musicians like that.”
“Wrong Side of the Sky” is the first single and video off of the new album. It is a sunny psych folk jam that will start your summer off with haunting, mellow vibes that transport the listener back in time to the gentle late ‘60s. The video was created by Waterloo, Ontario artist/musician Olde Nightrifter. She has created lush and beautifully psychedelic videos for the likes of Shabazz Palaces, Knife Knights, Comet Control and Icky Reels. The video takes you on a visual journey through light and dark spaces, with morphing objects that intertwine and complement the lyrical and compositional feel of the song.
Check out the "Wrong Side of the Sky" video below. Get “Skull Creator" via Bandcamp right here.
