YAKUZA Schedules Release Date For Transmutations
June 12, 2007, 17 years ago
Chicago's forward-thinking YAKUZA have confirmed the release date for their recently completed full length, Transmutations, due out August 7th through Prosthetic Records. A listening party will take in the band's hometown July 31 at The Liar's Club, details will be confirmed shortly.
"Exploration, experimentation, riding the line between the familiar and the foreign; the essential elements for Yakuza have already been established,” frontman Bruce Lamont says about the band's sound. “We are not interested in creating music that’s not easily definable. Our roots are firmly planted in metal - yes, but like life, the sounds here are not cut and dry. At times this record can be uplifting, cruel, celebratory and just downright fuckin’ mean."Utilizing producer and established multi-instrumentalist Sanford Parker (PELICAN, MINSK, RWAKE) for the recording of Transmutations, Yakuza couldn’t be happier with the album’s end sound: “Sanford was great to work with,” Lamont says. “We really feel he has refined his craft over the past half a dozen recordings he's done. He’s known the band for a long time and helped with our last release, so he is already aware of our studio tendencies. With him the process felt almost effortless.”
Yakuza began demoing new material on February 28th at Semifour Studios in the band's hometown. Transmutations was produced by Sanford Parker (Rwake, Pelican, Minsk), who made a guest appearance on the band's last release, Samsara.
Yakuza on tour:
June
16 - Blue Island, IL - Kelly’s Irish PubJuly
31 - Chicago, IL - The Liar’s Club (Transmutations listening party)
