One Day As A Lion
Posted on October 5, 2008 in Prescriptions (Category: Default)
Where have you been Zack de la Rocha?
Since the days as the frontman in RATM, ZDLR has been in the, well, er, recordin’ doldrums. After the split in 2000, he has laid down a few collaboratin’ sounds with, Trent Reznor, DJ Shadow and ?uestlove. But now the rap rockin’ gypsy fortune teller has a new project and debut EP that will be droppin’ on July 22 on Anti-.
One Day As A Lion is the name of the Zak's new musical collabo with former drummer of the Mars Volta, Jon Theodore. If yer rock 'n roll stethoscopes are curious the name comes from... Well, luckily we had our medical interns do a little research. “The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.” All we can say about that is, it's better to live one day as Zack de la Rocha than a thousand years as Audioslave. Haw, Haw, Haw.
From the press release… "One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept. A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It's a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California."
The song Wild International offa the EP premiered over the airwaves on KROQ a few days back. At this very moment, all we can say, so far, is that note for note, sound for sound, this sounds the same way we thought it would. Which is a good thing. Also, we heard that the EP sounds like a cross between Dr. Dre and Led Zeppelin, hmmmm. From all of us here at the asylum, it's good to have you back Zack.
Should You DL? Of course, as your Doctor, I advise you to download your daily dosage of MP3s - Just not on this here post, cause we don't really feel like dealin' with the record labels for releasin' a not-yet-released track...
Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk.
Enjoy this single cc of One Day As A Lion...
Hip to the hop.
Track List:
01. "Wild International Myspace Stream"
02. "Ocean View"
03. "Last Letter"
04. "If You Fear Dying"
05. "One Day As A Lion"
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Recorded By Robert Carranza @ Ocean Way Recording
Mixed By Mario C. @ MCJ Studio
Mastered By Chris Gehringer @ Sterling Sound
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