Winter Is Coming

Celebrating all that is the glory of A Song Of Ice And Fire we bring you HBO's teaser for their upcoming series Game Of Thrones. The books by George R.R. Martin are the lyrical inspiration for our song "Blackhaven". Check this shit out.

A Soaring Hawk Gathers No Moss

Gypsyhawk is still hard at work making sweet, sweet music. We're gearing up for a tour that starts in less than a month on July 3 in San Diego County. Dates are on our myspace. Preorders for the album which is coming out on 3 colorings of Double Vinyl and CD are up on our label CREATOR-DESTRUCTOR's website, but if you live in the L.A. area you should just come to our release show on June 19 in Echo Park with HUNTRESS, LUNGBUTTER, and TAP THIS and pick it up there. Details above. And Eric just did a real good interview with Downtune Despondency which you can find here. May you forevermore enlighten yourselves in the way of The Hawk.

That's it for now. Thanks for checking in,
Gypsyhawk

Get Off Your Ass and Jam

Updates:

We got an album cover. You can see it above. And the rest of the layout is done. So we're good to go. Official release date is July 6, but you can preorder via Creator-Destructor records soon, OR, wait to go to our release show June 19 at the Echo Curio in L.A., or when we hit your town in July.

Speaking of towns in July, we're having a bitch of a time getting a show in the Orange County area for July 4. If any of our readers have any contacts for that we would appreciate it.

We're currently working on 2 covers, but you'll have to come see us to find out which they are. We can promise you'll never guess.

Starting to get some press. Check out what lambgoat.com has to say here.

Alright, that's it.

Shit, Goddamn,
Gypsyhawk

Hey, Scotty. Tear it up.

Here's a take of Scotty's solo for "Blackhaven". This take didn't make the final cut, but it was successfully captured by an amateur film maker nonetheless.


In other news, the album is complete. It sounds great. Ben from Creator-Destructor records posted on his facebook "This Gypsyhawk record is un-fucking-believable. 2010 is gonna be a good year."

We agree!!

An Institution Is The Lengthened Shadow Of One Gypsyhawk

"Gypsyhawk Rocked My Face Off" scribbled on the wall of the Gilman by a new unsuspecting fan the night previous.

Last day of recording at the castle nest. Scotty and Andrew are burning scales through the walls and leaving guitars in shards and pieces. Joe the Drummer finished some nice mallet work on his cymbals for "Eyes of Ibad" and hit the road to go be with his lady friend who is restless at home on top of some poor medical news. That's why he's The Debonair One. And Eric has had enough and contented himself to the safety of video games and tending his herb garden.

Tonight we're listening to near-to-total final mixes and are expecting great results. It looks like our 12 songs are going to be about an hour and ten minutes long. Rumors abound that Patience and Perseverance will therefore be a double LP when pressed on wax. We're pretty fucking excited. Tomorrow is the last day at the studio. We'll be in the Bay for a couple days after getting tattooed and wasting money. Hopefully we'll see some of you around.

Sincerely Yours,
Big S, Raven, Touchdown, and Jocaine.

DAY 3

On the way to Castle Ultimate today we were listening to "Zombie Ritual" from DEATH's first album Scream Bloody Gore and I was thinking about how when I first heard the album I was a little surprised at how awesome it was. My initial love for DEATH developed with their later albums Human through The Sound Of Perseverance. Those albums provide a clear and obvious evolution that was so profound my instinct was that their earliest stuff was probably missable in that it couldn't possibly stand up to what they became. However, anyone who appreciates early death metal for it's more simplistic song structure knows that DEATH were probably the best at the genre even then. Listening to "Zombie Ritual" made me think about how GYPSYHAWK might develop as a band in 15 years or so and if we'll come anywhere close to the profound evolution that carried DEATH to their seminal status. Maybe we'll call our final album The Sound Of Patience and Perseverance.



Back to actual studio news. It's god damn beautiful in the Bay and almost a shame we have to spend all this time indoors. Yesterday the bass was a lummox lumbering throughout, but it got done. Guitars started today and most of the rhythms ought to be finished so we're right on schedule. Leads should be done tomorrow as well, then it's our day off with a show at the Gilman, then three more days of vocals, percussion, and mixing. Everything is sounding great so far despite being unmixed and with just one guitar. On another note, we received a nearly finished version of the artwork by Dan Lerner for the album Patience and Perseverance and it is unbelievably awesome. We're stoked, and you should be too.


Defending Good Times,
Gypsyhawk

Light This Stude

In the Bay doing drum tracks at the moment. Zack has them cued up perfectly and Joe is nailing pretty much every take. Going smooth. It seems our primary concern will be just the sheer volume of work, 12 or 13 tracks, that we have to do in a week. We'll see.

Sunday night we played with LIGHT THIS CITY on their final show. I think the kids liked our schtick despite our guitars that don't grind, our vocals that don't scream, and our drums that don't blast. Apparently our brand of "boogie metal" (as one fan called it) has an application amongst the hardcore metal community. Although, it might have just been our prompt set up followed by a swift exit. We'll see this Saturday at Gilman if this is a universal sentiment amongst metal audiences. Playing along with us will be AT OUR HEELS again and 3 other bands that shred, kill, and eschew various nations' conventions like only bay area metal bands can.

Gypsyhawk, out.