Giraffe Tongue Orchestra - Broken Lines

Debut album featuring members of Alice in Chains, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mars Volta and Zappa Plays Zappa

Includes the singles "Blood Moon" and "Crucifixion"

With five Grammy nominations and two wins; Golden Gods, Kerrang! And VH1 awards; headlining slots in many major festivals and countless Top 10 albums and singles, the members of Giraffe Tongue Orchestra are ready to re-write the rules of the successful rock "super-group."

Comprised of William DuVall of Alice In Chains, Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan, Brent Hinds of Mastodon, Pete Griffin of Dethklok and Thomas Pridgen of The Mars Volta, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra has created an album akin to classic cinema — their innovative debut record, Broken Lines.

The name itself represents strength and ingenuity per guitarist, Brent Hinds, "During the time Mastadon was there for Soundwave, I was at the zoo in Sydney, Australia and was checking out the giraffes. They are amazing animals — one just grabbed a bunch of bananas from my hand with its tongue and peeled them with it as well — by the time the bananas got to its mouth, they were ready to be eaten. I saw Ben who was at Soundwave too and said "Man I think I found the name for our band," and told him the story.

From adventurous progressive epics such as "Crucifixion," "Broken Lines" and "Fragments & Ashes" to pounding rock anthems like "Adapt or Die" and "Back To The Light" (featuring the above-mentioned cameo from Juliette Lewis), to future crossover classics like the gorgeous power-ballad "All We Have Is Now" and the electrifying made-for-radio, dance-rock of "Everyone Gets Everything They Really Want" and the album's propulsive first-single, "Blood Moon," Giraffe Tongue Orchestra's debut album promises to be one of the most exciting releases.

 

1. Adapt Or Die

2. Crucificion

3. No-One Is Innocent

4. Blood Moon

5. Fragments & Ashes

6. Back To The Light

7. All We Have Is Now

8. Everyone Gets Everything They Really Want

9. Thieves And Whores

10. Broken Lines

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