Knappe album opener én ... dit is dan wel een dansbaar nummer! Eentje met een lekkere vaart, nuthin' fancy, rock&roll recht door zee. Kan ik hier nog iets meer over vertellen? Misschien dat het opnieuw een kort en catchy nummer is? Niet getreurd echter, op het album staan twee vrij lange en één VET lange song!
Low Desert Surf Club is nu uit via 2023 via Ripple Music.
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About this raucous new single, FIRE DOWN BELOW say: "The song is, perhaps unfortunately, neither about cocaine nor hippos, it's a working title that just sounded way too cool to drop. It's the album opener and the message is: 'get in the car and buckle up, we're driving to the desert and it's going to be wild', and the lyrics are emphasizing that from the first line: 'Start 'er up, we'll take you for a ride!'. It's the kind of song we'd want to hear playing on the radio when we're driving on the desert highways. There are also some references to the album's artwork (by Christi duToit) in the lyrics"
Formed in Ghent (Belgium) in 2015, Fire Down Below first stepped into the spotlight with their self-released debut album Viper Vixen Goddess Saint in 2016. The album quickly garnered international praise and caught the attention of California-based label Ripple Music, home of some of the finest bands in the world of stoner, doom and heavy rock. Ripple Music re-released VVGS worldwide and released its sophomore album Hymn of the Cosmic Man in 2018. The second album again received excellent critique and Fire Down Below played over 30 shows throughout Europe in the next year.
Album three, Low Desert Surf Club, was recorded in late 2022. The band sought and found a producer in Nick DiSalvo, famed frontman of the bands Elder and Delving. Richard Behrens (Samsara Blues Experiment, Big Snuff Studio Berlin) was added to the team to record and mix the nine tracks on the album. Low Desert Surf Club will be released on 8 September 2023. With the new album, Fire Down Below is once again ready to rock any stage.
Fire Down Below has become known for energetic live shows, with sweat often dripping from the walls by the time they quit the stage. They have shared line ups with bands like Fu Manchu, Sleep, Monster Magnet, Acid King, Naxatras and Stoned Jesus and appeared on festival such as Desertfest Antwerp (BE), Desertfest London (UK), Desertfest Ghent (BE), Alcatraz Hard Rock and Metal Festival (BE), Ripplefest Cologne (GER) and Westill Fest (FR).
FIRE DOWN BELOW is:
Kevin Gernaey - lead guitar
Sam Nuytens - drums
Jeroen Van Troyen - vocals, guitar
Bert Wynsberghe - bass facebook
