The Grasshopper Lies Heavy is louder than fuck.
Call it “Post-Hardcore”, “Artcore”, “Post-Metal”, “Amp Worship”, call it whatever you like.
The amorphous musical giant known as The Grasshopper Lies Heavy defy typical
categorization. The band has released seven albums in five years, all exploring varying
musical territories while maintaining a common thread: crushingly heavy wall-of-sound
music; sometimes melodic, sometimes atonal, speaker shredding, enigmatic, and
emotive. Pushing air and decibel levels into the physical realm and performing almost
always on the floor, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy demands all of the audience’s senses,
participation, experience, and presence.
Founded in 2005 by James Woodard, the band was signed to Forgotten Empire Records
after releasing their debut self-titled EP and garnering some critical praise. Forgotten
Empire released two of their albums; the experimental and droney Soft Noise and the
critically lauded GUN, before dissolving in 2009. The band, left without a label and with
an album in the can, decided to release their long-awaited follow-up to GUN, Every Man
For Himself and God Against All, themselves in January 2010 (A live version of the album
has also been released, recorded live on KSYM 90.1 radio). Their most recent releases
are a series of two cassette splits; one with San Antonio bretheren Sohns (entitled
Werewolf), and a second with Atlanta, GA’s Hawks (entitled Fluffer). Werewolf will also
be released on CD by Mt. Hope Revival Records early this summer.
TGLH has completed two regional/national tours and is currently booking it’s third. If
you’d like to have us in your town, feel free to contact us.
TGLH has shared the stage with Torche, Russian Circles, Coliseum, Clouds, Nebula,
Lightning Bolt, Tera Melos, Genghis Tron, This Will Destroy You, Jucifer, Dark Castle,
Totimoshi, Black Cobra, The Entrance Band, Sightings, Rwake, City of Ships, By The End Of Tonight,
Constants, The Dead See, Suplecs, Solace, U2, Nickleback, and many others.
Ha.
I regret that I have to warn everyone about ordering our music from our former label, Forgotten Empire Records. We have been getting many emails from our fans (from around the world) that FER is taking peoples orders (and money) and people are not receiving their music they've ordered.
We are very sorry for this, and we have no control over our former label. We made runs of our FER-era albums in CD-R format that you can get from us. Just message us for details.
Sorry, and thanks.
James
TGLH / TITS
