The Whiskey Giants

Like a pirate transmission from a faraway radio, on a heartbroken planet not unlike this one, the narcotic hymns of a band of space pilgrims reverberate through the atmosphere. Hurtling toward our galaxy, this company of cosmic pioneers call themselves Mount Peru, broadcasting a strange and beautiful message coded in hypnotic strains of post-modern Americana. That message has reached earth, and Mount Peru’s debut album, My Sweetheart the Destroyer (2011), has exploded onto the Boston music scene with the gentle yet insistent force of a
slo-mo supernova.
Recorded in an old, creaky paper warehouse deep in the urban wilderness of Boston, MA and produced by Eric Masunaga at Modulus Studios (Magnetic Fields, Sebadoh, Dambuilders), each track is a fuss in the sonic dust -- sometimes a rodeo, other times a gunfight, and others still a barroom brawl -- all recollected in feverish whiskey-soaked dreams by the campfire. In spite of the rattling shopping carts of the nearby supermarket and the disharmonious clanging of the mechanic’s shop below, Mount Peru’s debut effort evokes both grandeur and intimacy.
Destroyer has infiltrated the Boston airwaves, with plays on WFNX’s Boston Accents with Dave Duncan and earning enthusiastic praise from DJ Anngelle Wood of WZLX’s Boston Emissions.
Hailed by the Weekly Dig as “versatile, complete, far-reaching and thoroughly satisfying”, the record includes the Boston Phoenix MP3 of the week for January 5th, 2011: the pop-infused “Summer Jinx” — and was lauded by Timeout Boston for the “heart wrenchingly pleasing effect" of its blend of spacey arrangements with Americana twang.
Playing to packed houses throughout the Northeast, including a sold out show at Pittsburgh’s Brillobox, the band is gearing up for more extensive touring in late spring and early summer.