HUNTSMEN premiere Jethro Tull cover 'Mother Goose' from forthcoming tribute album "Aqualung Redux"
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On the first single taken from the forthcoming MER Redux Series release "Aqualung Redux", Chicago progressive sludge-doom outfit HUNTSMEN present their heavy down-tuned take on JETHRO TULL's 'Mother Goose' – with Aimee Bueno's sweet lead vocals as the icing on a delicious musical cake. This treat has been scheduled for release on December 6, 2024.
The HUNTSMEN tribute track of JETHRO TULL's 'Mother Goose' is now available for streaming here.
Parallel to "Aqualung Redux", Magnetic Eye Records will release the customary companion album entitled "Best of Jethro Tull Redux" that contains 8 cover renditions of deep cuts and all-time classics from across JETHRO TULL's extensive catalogue recorded by some of the heavy underground's most exciting artists.
HUNTSMEN comment: "Admittedly, we aren't necessarily massive Jethro Tull fans but had wanted to work with Magnetic Eye for a long time, so when this invitation came up, we were like... okay, what the hell do we do with this?", guitarist and vocalist Chris Kang reveals. "Figuring out how to approach it was seriously a fun, happy, and rewarding challenge, and we decided to lean into two main things remarkable about 'Mother Goose': the folk element and the abstract insanity of the lyrics. We had a lot of fun trying to sing those crazy lyrics as dead-seriously as possible, as if they were totally normal things to say, like: 'and the chicken-fancier came to play!'. And of course adding a bunch of heaviness and noise was also very entertaining. By the end, we just had a shit ton of fun cutting loose and making it as weird and heavy as we could, and we all ended up feeling super proud of our contribution."
HUNTSMEN emerged about a decade ago from Chicago, Illinois with the EP "Post War" in 2014. Since then, the band has released an EP or full-length about every second year. The sophomore EP "The Colonel" (2016) was duly followed by the debut album "American Scrap" (2018). With a sound very much their own from the start and defined by frying guitars combined with sparkling vocal performances, HUNTSMEN became synonymous with great taste in music-loving circles. Although the Americans kept putting out only high quality recordings, they remained enigmatic and more of an insider phenomenon. On sophomore album "Mandala of Fear" (2020), HUNTSMEN perfected another characteristic element of their art, which sets them apart from many of their peers: captivating and meticulous storytelling. Critics and fans alike were ecstatic. Following this success and another EP, "The Dying Pines" (2022), HUNTSMEN have returned with their third full-length "The Dry Land" (2024) this summer to even greater acclaim.
Tracklist "Aqualung Redux"
1. Chris Goss & Alain Johannes 'Aqualung'
2. The Well 'Cross-Eyed Mary'
3. Osi and the Jupiter 'Cheap Day Return'
4. Huntsmen 'Mother Goose'
5. The Otolith 'Wond'ring Aloud'
6. Motorpsycho 'Up to Me'
7. Big Scenic Nowhere 'My God'
8. Saturna 'Hymn 43'
9. Mammoth Volume 'Slipstream'
10. The Sword 'Locomotive Breath'
11. Domkraft & Arvid Hällagård 'Wind-Up'
"Aqualung Redux" is available as a gatefold oxblood red vinyl LP, a gatefold marbled clear, black & silver vinyl LP, and a gatefold black vinyl LP, and as a Digisleeve CD.
