Buzzard has been a favorite of the CASS/Monster Riff team for a couple of years. The man behind Buzzard, Christopher Thomas Elliott , has tapped into some serious anger and rage at the state of affairs lately. Buzzard also uses Stoner and Doom elements, but with traditional Folk/Americana instruments and arrangements. The results are always unexpected!
Murder in the White Barn is Heavy Resistance in its most pure and essential form. At first, Buzzard’s music sounds light-hearted and whimsical, until you pay attention to the lyrics. There is a dark rage underneath the pleasant surface, and Buzzard pulls no punches.
Murder in the White Barn is the latest single from Buzzard’s upcoming album, Mean Bone, releasing on April 11th.
Christopher Thomas Elliott
Why do men do evil? In “Murder in the White Barn,” the young daughter of a wealthy family is abducted by a local farm hand who has been driven insane by his sense of grievance and entitlement. She pleads for her life as hoot owls lament his and humanity’s megalomania. Spoiler alert: things do not end well. Like old folk ballads, the story is told as a dialogue that culminates with a warning. The title is a tip of the hat to Tom Waits’s “Murder in the Red Barn,” and the music grew from endless spins of Opeth’s “Damnation” and toying with Sabbath riffs unplugged.
We hope you dig Murder in the White Barn as much as we do. As always, thank you to Desert Bloom PR for giving us the chance to host another kick-ass but culturally relevant Premiere for one of our favorite bands: Buzzard!
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