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A genre defying mix punk, heavy metal, classic rock and roll, surf guitar rock with echoes of Eastern European and Middle Eastern traditional music surfacing in their riffs
Genre:
Metal/Punk: New York Punk
Release Date:
2008
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Prime Motivator
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Prime Motivator, the 4th full-length from Brooklyn, NY surf-metal masters The Giraffes, is the band\'s crowning achievement to date. Having made their name with the twisted riff rock of both Helping You Help Yourself (2002) and The Giraffes (2005), alongside the more theatrical and evocative strains of A Gentleman Never Tells (2003), the band unflinchingly unites the two styles on Prime Motivator.
Prime Motivator finds The Giraffes at the peak of their powers, as the quartet performs at new levels of precision, aggression, abandon and exuberance. Lyrically, Prime Motivator - particularly the title track - was inspired by lead singer Aaron Lazar\'s multiple brushes with death in 2005 and 2008 (Lazar has a mysterious heart condition that causes him to literally drop dead without warning and has been outfitted with an implanted defibrillator as a precaution). The resulting record is an epic one; at turns urgent, belligerent, harrowing, oversexed, sardonic and sly, with the band\'s characteristic swagger - and arsenal of memorable riffs - always in full effect.
Prime Motivator was recorded at the legendary Rancho De La Luna studios in Joshua Tree, CA (Desert Sessions) by Dave Catching; engineered by Ed Monsef; and features guest vocals from Jessie \"The Devil\" Hughes and Melissa Auf Der Mar. Prime Motivator was mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G in Brooklyn (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and mastered by Enoch Jensen at Eastlake recording in Boston MA.
Prime Motivator comes out on CD on Crustacean Records on 11/11/2008, but you can place advance orders at CD Baby.
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The Giraffes do it again!
author: Jake Turner
I was completely blown away when I first heard The Giraffes' self-titled album from Razor & Tie, and after I heard that, I knew I wanted more. I anxiously waited for this album, and when I finally got it, I was not disappointed. This is one seriously great rock album that mixes things up with each song. No two tracks are the same; There are some flat out, balls-to-the-wall rocking tracks (Prime Motivator, Done, Smoke Machine), and there are some slightly more mellow tracks (Medicaid Benefit Applique, Louis Guthrie) that are wonderful as well. But make no mistake, this is a rock album, and an extremely solid one at that.
As far as musicianship goes, these guys are phenomenal. John delivers some seriously groovy bass lines, Andrew provides both solid and insane drumming, Damien just plain shreds/slays, and Aaron is a really great singer who can deliver both menacing screams and delicious harmonies.
Long story short, The Giraffes will put hair on your chest. If you enjoy rock music
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Jersey Independent Music
author: Tris McCall
I devoted a few recent run-on sentences to Andrew McMahon's public battle with leukemia. McMahon doesn't mention the disease by name on The Glass Passenger, but he does sing about "marrows colliding", and that's grisly enough for me. Still, you rubberneckers out there might have been hoping for something a little more gruesome. Emo-pop is made mostly by young people for young people, so the subculture has no tradition of grotesque infirmary stories to draw on. No, for truly graphic descriptions of illness and body malfunctions, you've got to turn to the heavy stuff. Even before he had a pacemaker installed in his chest, Aaron Lazar's writing wasn't for the squeamish; after the heart attacks, he's upped the ante. Prime Motivator isn't the first Giraffes set to grapple with man's mortality, but it is Lazar's most direct statement of disgust with the flimsy state of these carcasses we're all dragging around the earth. So prepare yourself for ambulances, electric shocks, doctors, pacemake
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author: Tom Duffy
To lump the Giraffes into one genre would be difficult if not downright impossible. On Prime Motivator, their fourth full-length, the Brooklyn-based rockers return with an album littered with stoner rock riffs, thunderous punk drumming and slick surf rock melodies. Vocalist Aaron Lazar, who suffers from a heart condition which forced him to have a defibrillator implanted, sings with such grit and intensity that you're afraid the machine could be set off and shock him at any moment. On the title-track, Lazar speaks of his experiences with the infliction through lyrics such as, "I don't feel so fine/when the machine makes up it's mind," and, "If you want to try/this machine of mine/have a friend slam a crowbar into your chest/every time that you think you'll be catching your breath." The track, "Done," is an instant rock classic that combines a nasty Zeppelin-like guitar riff with Lazar's snide vocals, all drenched and dripping with distortion. The song, "Honest Man," with its sprawling
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