After hitting the road together last Fall, SoCal fuzz lords Fu Manchu and Port Orchard, Washington, heavy rock specialists Mos Generator are teaming up once again, this time to crisscross the entire country in Spring. Mos Generator will begin the run a few days early and include a stop at Rocky Mountain Riff Fest on April 21, and then it’s down the Pacific Coast, across the South, up to the Northeast and back through the Midwest to finish in their native Washington. Well, you knew they’d be up to plenty this year.

Back in October, founding Mos Generator guitarist/vocalist Tony Reed talked about the recording plans for the band’s next album for Listenable Records, Shadowlands. In addition to putting together the massive swath of live appearances, it seems progress has been continuing on that front as well. Below, Reed gives an update on where they’re at with the record and more.

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2018 is already shaping up to be a great year for us. We just got done with the final writing / recording sessions for our next album “Shadowlands” and I’m in the process of sorting through the material and deciding what will be included on the album. We had the whole record in order last year and then we went out on the road for 7 weeks and decided we needed to re evaluate the kind of record we were making.

We ended up with something that had more energy than the initial tracks we thought would make up the album. It is also a more diverse album than I had envisioned. I think is due to the presence of Jono & Sean. This is the first album where it is just the three of us.

On Abyssinia, most of the songs were already written when they joined and half the songs either had me or original drummer shawn Johnson on drums. As it’s looking now I would say “Shadowlands” is a Heavy / Pop / Prog album. I’ve seemed to come to grips with my 22 year old self as well and I’m letting in songwriting styles that I have kept at bay for many years. It’s exciting.

Along with record making, we have been once again blessed in the touring department. We had a great time on the west coast with Fu Manchu last November and now we get to do an extended U.S. run with them, including many cities we’ve never been to. After that we are off tour Europe (details are in the works) and then back to the states for some shows in the fall including the Descendants of Crom and Doomed & Stoned festivals. There are still some cool announcements coming and more free music that we will be posting soon.

4/20 – Couer d’Alene ID – Hogfish

4/21 – Kalispell MT – Rocky Mountain Riff Fest

4/25 – Tacoma WA – The Valley

4/26 – Grants Pass OR – The Haul

4/27 – San Francisco CA – Thee Parkside

4/28 – Las Vegas NV – Dive Bar

4/29 – Long Beach CA – Alex’s Bar

On Tour with FU MANCHU*

5/01 – Phoenix AZ – Rebel Lounge*

5/02 – Albuquerque – NM

5/03 – Dallas TX – Curtain Club*

5/04 – Austin TX – Barracuda*

5/05 – Houston TX – White Oak Music Hall*

5/07 – Atlanta GA – Vinyl*

5/08 – Raleigh NC – Kings*

5/09 – Washington DC – Rock & Roll Hotel*

5/10 – Pittsburgh PA – Brillobox

5/11 – Philadelphia PA – Underground Arts*

5/12 – New York – Bowery Ballroom*

5/13 – Boston MA – Brighton Music Hall*

5/14 – Buffalo NY – Mohawk Place

5/15 – Cleveland OH – Grog Shop*

5/16 – Columbus OH – Ace of Cups*

5/17 – Detroit MI – El Club*

5/18 – Toronto ON – The Baby G

5/19 – Chicago IL – Bottom Lounge*

5/20 – Sioux Falls SD – Total Drag Records

5/22 – Denver CO – Streets of London Pub*

5/23 – Denver CO – Streets of London Pub*

5/25 – Seattle WA – Substation

5/26 – Bremerton WA – The Manette

Mos Generator is:

Tony Reed: Guitar and Mellotron

Jono Garrett: Drums

Sean Booth: Bass

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Mos Generator, The Dance of Red (2017)

THE DANCE OF RED – (a) The Dance of Maya (b) Red by Mos Generator