Featuring Swami John Reis (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Rocket From The Crypt, PLOSIVS and more), ‘All Of This Awaits You’ was born out of the final Hot Snakes writing sessions in 2023.Transforming into what Reis describes as “a growing tributary” after the passing of his longtime friend and bandmate Rick Froberg, the songs on the eventual nine-song album presented here come from this challenging time of reflection and redirection.
All Of This Awaits You is an immediate blast of joy intended to celebrate our time on Earth. It is nostalgia for a past that probably never happened. It is the hope that the future will consider embracing the innocence of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
It is an idealised pursuit intended to elevate the status of the simplest pleasures and ridicule the unattractive lust of the unhindered ambitious. The music is a reenactment of the past lives of elderly teenagers returning once again to sustain their echo. All Of This Awaits You is Punk Rock music, but what that means is your guess as good as ours. Watch the music video for new single, “Ketchup, Mustard and Relish” below…
“I’ve never thought much of self reflection, at least not the deep kind,” Reis says. “I dunno, I think I felt that kind of introspection would somehow derail my rock n roll instincts and objective. My goal has always been to make explosive music, exciting records, play meaningful shows, shake hands, kiss babies and then repeat. I never treated anything I did artistically as being precious. There is always going to be a next thing that I would hopefully love even more.”
Don’t miss your chance to feel the force of this new chapter in John Reis’ musical journey up close and personal.
Swami & the Bed of Nails will be playing the following dates in September:
Oran O’Beirne
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