EYE FLYS 'Tub Of Lard'

EYE FLYS is a band centered on fierce precision. Due in part to the considerable pedigree of the band’s lineup (including members of Full of Hell, Backslider, Triac), the east coast-based quartet creates steel-barbed riffs and beefy inventive rhythms delivered with exponential force. Their 2019 EP 'Context' was a concise and punishing debut, hinting at the unrelenting abilities EYE FLYS holds. On 'Tub Of Lard', expectations are exceeded with 10 songs of maximum impact in their lean and focused raw power. Written during the summer of 2019, 'Tub Of Lard' was composed and recorded around the band’s debut tours with Daughters and Torche. Though EYE FLYS members live in different cities, 'Tub Of Lard' came together as a more collaborative album than the raw and loose EP. Smith and drummer Patrick Forrest created the framework of each piece while guitarist Spencer Hazard shaped their frayed edges with layers of noise and guitar texture. The gravelly muck-laden basslines by Kevin Bernsten, who recorded the album at his Developing Nations studio in Baltimore, are handily interwoven beneath the pummel of Forrest’s drums creating a controlled sense of total abandon that is dizzying. Smith’s searing bark cuts through it all, powered by the personas of an infuriated sceptic and maniacal punisher. Across 'Tub Of Lard', EYE FLYS’ mercilessness is thrilling: direct, hypnotic blunt-force grooves that twist and fray into feedback and oblivion. It is a soul-crushing, head-banging delight. In just over a year since their initial inception, EYE FLYS have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Their debut full-length 'Tub Of Lard' is stunningly potent, full of piss and vinegar and scientific in its ability to pulverize everything in its path.