Premiere Stream: The Entrance Band’s Self-Titled Album
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
- photo Sasha Eisenman
Some dudes play guitar solos, Guy Blakeslee shreds. It’s like the difference between a cashmere rug with the illest pattern and some Target rug you pick up because it’s 3.99 and covers a barf stain. As Entrance, he’s crafted epic downers around six minutes of weird tangents and made metal okay for folky people. Now, returning as The Entrance Band along with Paz Lenchantin and Derek James, he’s reined it all in, harnessed the guitar magic to ridiculously tight drums and bass and turned the whole thing into much more of a group effort. Who knew we’d be able to dance to half of this album and imagine taking acid to the other half? Pre-order the record in various formats here, or pick it up at a record store September 1st.
Fader Presents: The Entrance Band
Premiere: The Entrance Band, “Lookout!” MP3
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Sasha Eisenman
A couple of years ago, Entrance Band (then just “Entrance,” the solo project of Guy Blakeslee of Baltimore’s incredibly sick The Convocation Of and the short-lived but also sick Behind Closed Doors) opened for Lungfish. It was just the big haired Blakeslee hunched over a guitar, alone on a big stage and it was terrible. But he got better, got great, a few years later releasing the fairly stoned out and heavily riffing Prayer of Death on Tee Pee Records, a label known more for stoking the dreams of longhaired metal dudes than longhaired hippies. But he fit in, chunky and fuzzed out. Since jumping ship to Ecstatic Peace, Entrance Band has cooled their jets, focusing the fuzz and harnessing the ride. “Lookout!,” the first single from the upcoming self-titled full length, is a beefy doozy, but more Mudhoney than Sabbath. Still gonna sound good when you listen shrouded, just make sure the blacklight is bright enough that you can see your hands when you air guitar shred the sweet solo. Read more about The Entrance Band and see Jason Nocito’s photos from their headlining set at Folk Yeah! Fest at F2
Download: The Entrance Band, “Lookout!”
FADER TV: The Entrance Band at (((folkYEAH!))) Festival in the Forest
- story THE FADER
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New Folk Edition of F2 (powered by Timberland), The Entrance Band headlined at (((folkYEAH!))) Festival in the Forest this year, the largest hippie celebration since the world record for hacky sacking was broken. Videographer
Joel Garber and writer Daniel Arnold hung out with the band amidst the flora and fauna of Big Sur and took witness as they rocked the hemp pants off of many long-haired dudes and ladydudes. Take note at the part in the video where frontman, Guy Blakeslee, says that “it seems like California is the place where everyone should be,” as you hear the flick of a lighter, “no offense to other places.” None taken, Guy. None taken.
