Dearly Beloved
Enduro
A bristlingly antisocial punk-metal juggernaut with an old school rock n' roll soul that sounds as wild-eyed and breathless and half-mad as a record made at the end of nearly two years of roadwork should. Recorded primarily at the famed Rancho de la Luna studio with desert-rock mainstays Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal) and Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), Enduro is, according to bassist Rob Higgins, a driving record, inspired by guard rails, the orange moon, ether binges,taxi drivers, a home invasion, food, astral light and the guile of pricks.Higgins explains that compared to Dearly Beloveds previous efforts, this new album is a little bit harder, a little bit faster, a little bit more relentless. Its a lot less mature. We were cooped up in a van for months so when we got out to the desert to write, it was like: Lets just rock the fuck out. We didnt want to be too cerebral about it. We wanted to have fun." Dearly Beloved finished tracking in the confines of their own Phoebe St. Studios in Toronto with help from 'Hawk vs Pigeon' co-conspirator Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), and then landed famed Queens Of The Stone Age/ Soundgarden / FooFighters / Pearl Jam collaborator, Adam Kasper, to give its recordings a final, pristine mix down.