Giant Squid - Revolution In The Water / Ampullae Of Lorenzini [Single]
Release date: | 1 October 2002 |
Style: | Doom metal, Post-metal |
01. Ampullae Of Lorenzini
02. Revolution In The Water
02. Revolution In The Water
Giant Squid was known as Namor for about a year, following a lengthy run as a punk/reggae band called Koi. "Ampullae of Lorenzini" and "Revolution in the Water" were written when the band was playing as Koi, as was another classic Giant Squid track, "Neonate". All of which were so stylistically removed from Koi's progressive punk sound, that the band felt it a good time to change their name along with their entire musical direction [sic].
As Namor, they released these two songs on about 100 hand packaged CD-Rs locally in Sacramento, very few of which are still in known existence, even amongst [sic] band members and their friends. The CD was covered in a sticker with a Moby Dick related illustration, and was packaged with a simple black folded cover in a plastic slip pouch.
They used this two song EP to get the attention of producer, Billy Anderson, and secured him to record a full length album, again featuring these two songs. The band went in to the studio to record "Metridium Field" still known as Namor. The actual 2" tapes from the sessions still had Namor written on the boxes. At sometime during the lengthy recording of that record, the band changed the name to Giant Squid, to avoid any hassle that could arise later due to their moniker being lifted from a well known Marvel Comics superhero, especially as rumor of a Namor movie being in the works started to circulate.
All members in the band at this time came over from Koi. Dave Reynolds and Bill Hughes, both featured on this EP, also played on Koi's CD, Tropic of Carmichael, along with founding members, Bryan and Aaron of course. Aurielle joined shortly after that album's release. After the Namor EP, Dave left the band, and Jason Divincenzo came in to record "Metridium Field". Dave actually came and went in the band's history several times through out all of its incarnations, and was even around much later on for a short stint during the writing of the Monster in the Creek material.
Recorded September 8th and 22nd, 2002, at Pus Cavern Studios, Sacramento, CA.
Engineered, mixed, mastered by Joe Johnston.
Produced by Namor and Joe Johnston.
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