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Delivering a mix of rock, soul, melody, and a dash of classic psychedelic sensibilities, The Flavor That Kills release their edgy genre-fluid album Book of Secrits (purposely misspelled) on red vinyl on March 15 and available at https://tftk.bandcamp.com/album/book-of-secrits
The Madison, WI-based unit is Ryan Corcoran-lead vocals, guitar, piano, Educational Davis-guitars, synthesizers, bongos, Christian Burnson-bass, vocals, synthesizers, and Eric Hartz-drums and synthesizers are also premiering a video for their angsty and chaotic song “Nerve”. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/1QDuz3CoL6E?feature=shared
Book of Secrits is their third release, and first with guitarist Educational Davis, it was delivered in early 2024 on Shortwave Records, and engineered/mixed by Beau Sorenson (Bob Mould, Superchunck, Death Cab for Cutie). Book of Secrits follows the release of Pablo’s Hippos (2014) and Nevermind The Acorns (2018).
Book of Secrits is a concept album about the alien origin and possible destruction of human civilization. Hear it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5VrhIX8y4BlDyFV2DAGi7U?si=vdFs-P-PTrWBDhioFq5g9A
On the album The Flavor That Kills blends genres and delivers rock grooves with strong hooks and backbeats. “Given that all four of us have different tastes and musical backgrounds, I hope the listener comes away with a sense of how organic this music is. Each one of us lends a piece to the melting pot” says Burnson.
When asked about the songwriting, vocalist Corcoran shares, “In all truth, without analogy, it is something I needed to get off my chest. Drummer Hartz chimes in, “The album to me is a journey of serendipity, we tried to record this during the pandemic, but it didn’t work out, so we stopped. We revisited it once things calmed down and started over. I produced the album with Beau Sorenson, we recorded it live, and pretty much had to build a studio in the basement of a Madison recording studio called Coney Island to get it done right. I think part of the reason the songs turned out raw was that Ryan was in real pain when he was writing them”.
Davis concludes, “This album is a window into a world of manic rock n’ roll chaos reflecting the times and individuals who produced it”.
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