RAINBOWS ARE FREE – Head Pains (Vinyl)

RAINBOWS ARE FREE – Head Pains (BLACK or SPLATTER Vinyl) – (SPLATTER is limited to 100 copies worldwide and BLACK is limited to 150 copies worldwide) – 180 gram

Horton Records LP023 – Released 11.29.19

Head Pains is Rainbows Are Free’s third full length album, and follow up to 2014’s Waves Ahead of the Ocean. The completion of Head Pains heralds a return to RAF’s heavy psychedelic roots as witnessed on their breakout album, Believers In Medicine in 2010. Although it may be considered a return to form, Head Pains further exhibits the band’s unique voice — setting them apart from contemporaries of heavy psychedelic, doom, and stoner rock with whom they’ve shared the stage, (High on Fire, Dead Meadow, St. Vitus, The Sword, Big Business, Pallbearer, Kylesa, etc.).Head Pains is Rainbows Are Free’s third full length album, and follow up to 2014’s Waves Ahead of the Ocean. The completion of Head Pains heralds a return to RAF’s heavy psychedelic roots as witnessed on their breakout album, Believers In Medicine in 2010. Although it may be considered a return to form, Head Pains further exhibits the band’s unique voice — setting them apart from contemporaries of heavy psychedelic, doom, and stoner rock with whom they’ve shared the stage, (High on Fire, Dead Meadow, St. Vitus, The Sword, Big Business, Pallbearer, Kylesa, etc.).

Often appearing in costumed stage dress, the band, fronted by the soaring and snarling nigh 7-foot cyclone of weirdness that is Brandon Kistler, continues to shock and amaze fans by introducing an element of good-humored theatrics to accompany their live sonic assault. This is achieved in no small part due to the guitar prowess and songwriting of Richie Tarver, joined by the ambient soundscapes of Joey Powell on rhythm guitar, and the thunderous low end of Jason Smith on bass, and Bobby Onspaugh on drums.
Recommended if you like:  Uriah Heep, Electric Wizard, or King Crimson

SIDE A:

1.  The Sound Inside
2.  Electricity On Wax
3.  Shapeshifter

SIDE B:

1. Lady Of The Woods / Psychonaut
2. Covered In Dawn
3. Nile Song
4. A Penny’s Worth

Recorded by Trent Bell at Bell Labs, Norman, OKRecorded by Trent Bell at Bell Labs, Norman, OKMastered by Hans DeKline of Hans DeKline Mastering, Los Angeles, CA. Album art by Tony Roberts
Richie Tarver – guitarJason Smith – bassBrandon Kistler – vocalsBobby Onspaugh – drumsJoey Powell – guitar