Follow The Rattle Of The Afghan Guitar EP, by Weatherbox

Follow The Rattle Of The Afghan Guitar EP

by Weatherbox

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	1.	Secret Muslim 03:42
	2.	My Head 03:08
	3.	Mountain 04:12
	4.	Heavy Map 04:54
	5.	Broken Glowsticks 03:56
	6.	The Bullets 04:36

about

It would be reasonable if you thought Weatherbox imploded some time ago. After all, the San Diego band has cycled through more than a dozen members in its half-decade existence and has kept a relatively low profile since the release of their last LP, 2009's The Cosmic Drama, and subsequent departure from Doghouse Records.

Frontman Brian Warren has since scaled that mountain and regrouped with a supporting cast that includes longtime friends (including two vintage Weatherbox members) and a new label, Youth Conspiracy Records. Together they will release Follow The Rattle of the Afghan Guitar, a six-song EP that brings you to the entrance of a tunnel, hands you a few matches, and shoves you into the dark.

Recorded this spring in multiple locations in California, Follow The Rattle of the Afghan Guitar finds Warren & Co. returning to the colossal pop-rock that made 2007's American Art so likable, while keeping the frontman's expanded lyrical ideas from the psych-folky Cosmic Drama intact.

Exploring themes of alienation, white privilege and the general insanity of our times, Follow The Rattle Of The Afghan Guitar is esoteric, challenging and thought-provoking, while still remaining hook-driven, innovative and exciting. The band hurls itself from a neutral space between pop and progressive, between vague and specific, ultimately leaving it up to the listeners to figure it out for themselves.

Weatherbox howls from the cave in some alien tongue, but the message is loud and clear.

This is YCR-004.

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released October 4, 2011

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Youth Conspiracy Records Cleveland, Ohio

Youth Conspiracy Records is a small, vinyl-only label committed to bringing you the best music put to wax, new and old.

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Complete Discography

Nov 2023
Split EP

May 2015
We Fucking Quit

Oct 2014
The Cathedral

Aug 2014
Sweet Empathy Leaving Me EP

Apr 2014
Glue EP

Apr 2013
Split EP

Feb 2013
Split EP

Feb 2012
Follow The Rattle Of The Afghan Guitar EP

Oct 2011
The Forecast

Dec 2010

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