{"id":277493,"date":"2025-10-04T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277493\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:02:13","slug":"san-antonios-grasshopper-lies-heavy-unveiling-new-album-focused-on-its-brutal-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277493\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio’s Grasshopper Lies Heavy unveiling new album focused on its brutal side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Grasshopper Lies Heavy has released its seventh full-length album. Credit: Courtesy Photo \/ The Grasshopper Lies Heavy<\/p>\n

San Antonio avant-metal act The Grasshopper Lies Heavy will drop a new album next month \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s seventh, by our count \u2014\u00a0and if its name and first single are any indication, this shit isn\u2019t for the pinkies-out crowd.<\/p>\n

HEAVY is due out Nov. 14 on Minneapolis\u2019 Learning Curve Records, and Grasshopper frontman James Woodard promises the title is an indication of just what\u2019s contained within.<\/p>\n

While most Grasshopper\u2019s releases incorporate a blend of the band\u2019s sludgy, mathy noise-rock and moodier, more-dynamic pieces, this one is comprised of eight crushers. A forthcoming companion album called LIES will focus on the lighter side of the band\u2019s Jeckyl-and-Hyde sound, according to Woodard.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of that approach, it\u2019s probably the most focused thing we\u2019ve done,\u201d he said of HEAVY.<\/p>\n

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Those looking for a sample of Grasshopper\u2019s finely honed heaviness can access the release\u2019s first single, \u201cWe Are All the Antichrist<\/a>,\u201d an off-kilter riff monster featuring guest vocals by Crow Lotus of the band Capra. An accompanying video<\/a> showcases all the chaos, rage and misanthropy one would expect from such a collaboration.<\/p>\n

Those who want to road test HEAVY live can check out the band\u2019s release show, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Lonesome Rose. Bat Lips and Virtual Limbs will open. <\/p>\n

$10, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, Lonesome Rose, 2114 N. St. Mary\u2019s St., (210) 455-0233, thelonesomerose.com. <\/p>\n

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