Ferocious Eagle - The Sea Anemone Inside of Me is Mighty

I was already a fan of Ferocious Eagle and their debut album The Sea Anemone Inside of Me is Mighty to begin with, but after sitting here for the past hour or so and not coming up with one single damn thing to write about it, I am beginning to like it even more. That’s pretty weird huh? It’s frustrating me in a good way because it’s not allowing me to just sit here and describe it. I have a million different adjectives floating around in my head, however none of them are going to stick because this fucking band just keeps moving from one to another and then back to one I’ve already tossed out again. I could list them all, but does anyone want to read through that? I doubt it.

Ferocious Eagle is a trio from Portland that is made up of just two guitarists and a drummer. Yeah, they are going at it without a bassist. The unorthodox lineup is just one part of their quirkiness; we have to leave the other half to their music. Their sound is already a bit more naturally raw than it would be without the warmth of a bass to accompany it, however they only add to it by playing around with a number odd tunings and just an array of playfulness within the guitars that will either send you banging your head into the desk or trying to follow the strangeness of it all. I’ve opted for following them and it’s paid off greatly. While this album can be a bit hard to get into, it’s helped along by being an absolute fun listen if you give it the chance. Yeah, it’s scattered with a bunch of technical math-rock tendencies, but don’t let it fool you this bad boy is pulling from all directions…jazz, indie-rock, noise-rock, and post-whatever you can think of. I think if these guys took it a bit more seriously then it wouldn’t be nearly as effective. Not without the bizarre lyrics and the weird guitar noodling that just pops out of nowhere. Thankfully it sounds like they have found a pretty good balance between everything. One thing I am for certain is that they are definitely having a good time. I only wonder what seeing them live would be like…

Ferocious Eagle – The Sea Anemone Inside of Me is Mighty [MP3]
Ferocious Eagle - And Now We Have Your Tongue [MP3]

Be sure to pick this up when it comes out on April 3rd on 54-40 or Fight!.