There is life in the barren wasteland. There is hope in our darkest days. There is always something even inside nothing. There is power in silence & there is silence in power. There is a never-ending riff that can guide you on your journey. There is the band USX that will be releasing mammoth record on Neurot Recordings on May 31st entitled The Valley Path. This is 40 minutes of dark psychedelic bliss that only gets grander with each listen. USX’s drums on this album have this awesome call & response vibe about them as if there are speaking. They the guitars are a never-ending waterfall of sonic glory. The vocals are woven in & out of this 40 minute song; when they do find themselves into the mix the rustic tones shine lights on the dark part of your soul. Their use of repetition leaves me almost in a trance & the same time it ignites your imagination. After the jump, check some flicks, videos & tour dates.
USX The Valley Path
Cover art by Adam Pernell Deal
USX Live Actions
4/16/2011 Earshot Records – Greenville SC ACOUSTIC SHOW
4/22/2011 Static Age Records – Asheville NC ACOUSTIC SHOW
4/29/2011 or 4/30/2011 (TBA) Night Light – Chapel Hill, NC ACOUSTIC SHOW
5/25/2011 Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN w/ Black Skies, Generation of Vipers
5/26/2011 The Get Down – Asheville, NC w/ Black Skies, Generation of Vipers, Caltrop
5/27/2011 King’s – Raleigh, NC w/ Black Skies, Caltrop, Royal Thunder
What the band has to say about this very special record….
Commented guitarist/vocalist/wordsmith Nate Hall of the prodigious offering: “When the idea for The Valley Path was imagined, all involved agreed it was true and went forward. Forward in thought, forward in vision, forward in action. We achieved what we wanted to achieve, and whatever is said about The Valley Path, it will stand. USX has played more gigs than I can remember, from Marion to Prague, Detroit, Austria, Memphis and Switzerland. Dirt floors and Masonic temples, churches and ghettos, wilderness and cities. To dozens and hundreds – occasionally thousands. We have recorded our songs, projected our collective visions. We have realized all that we have imagined. At this point, we have nothing to prove. We’ve been under the gun many times, and whatever anyone might think about us, we’ve never flinched. Never compromised. When things are good – and they usually are, being in this band is a dream. But we can’t entirely escape reality. Fuse boxes blow, power fails, instruments break, people leave. We vomit in parking lots and go play inside. We sleep sitting up and wake up sore. Or we sleep in places most people would not willfully enter. We are hungry and miss home. We go on, and we are thankful because we have songs. And when we write our songs become a part of us, our center. Our home. A song does not have to be a part of a collection. It is more important for music to take the path it chooses, and an artist must be willing to let this happen. The Valley Path is one song. And a song is a thing that changes.”
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