New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Cosmic vintage metal and melodic neo-psychedelia meld seamlessly in Megafauna's fourth LP 'Welcome Home. Consequence of Sound described the album, released in May as "Megafauna's most ambitious and imaginative record to date, like
St. Vincent for people who love the Melvins."
The Austin-based band led by guitar goddess and singer Dani Neff dives deep into the sounds of soul exploration leveraged on the powerful rhythm section of drummer Zack
Humphrey and alternating bassists Will Krause and Bryan Wright. With 'Welcome Home', Megafauna eschew the progressive rock stylings of their earlier work and reach back toward the proto-metal haze of
Black Sabbath and Sir Lord Baltimore while ushering it skyward with sharp melodies and the space-rock production work of Curtis Roush and The Bright Light Social Hour.
The album was crafted throughout 2015 in the cloistered bungalow studio of The Bright Light Social Hour and given a muscular mix by veteran engineer Erik Wofford (Black Angels, Bill Callahan). Through a deep look inside and above for new awareness, Megafauna has forged their most vital work to date.
The self proclaimed thinking woman's hard rock band draw their influences from maximalism, nature, Psychedelia, circus arts, shredding, splatter paint, reading aloud, modern dance, touring compulsively... and sleeping.
"If their sound must be compared to another, it would be like if
Bjork had a jam session with the love child of the Animals and
Black Sabbath." - Bust Magazine
"With its wild turns, halcyon harmonies, and roaring guitars, Welcome Home is Megafauna's most ambitious and imaginative record to date, like
St. Vincent for people who like the Melvins." - Consequence of Sound
"Where have all the riffs gone in indie rock? Why is everyone slathering twinkly synths on everthing? Maybe it's because Austin's Megafauna have stolen all the gnarly riffs in the world and slammed them together with singer/guitarist Dani Neff's off-kilter vocals, delivered together with a raw punk energy to create 3 minutes of taut, muscular, yet zingly melodic rock." - Noisey
"In a town of guitar wizards, Dani Neff is the philosopher's stone." - Austin Chronicle
The Band:
Dani Neff (Lead Guitar and Vocals)
Zack
Humphrey (Drums) Will
Krause (bass)
Winston Barrett (guitar, keys)
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