Wow to the Deadness
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| EP by Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil | ||||
| Released | February 5, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | June 8–11, 2015 | |||
| Studio | Electrical Audio, Chicago, United States | |||
| Genre | Punk | |||
| Length | 15:13 | |||
| Label | Splint, Sounds Familyre | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini | |||
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Wow to the Deadness is an EP by Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil, a one-time collaboration between the supergroup Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil and Daniel Smith of Danielson. Recorded in 2015 at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois, and produced by Steve Albini, the EP was released on February 5, 2016, through Steve Taylor's Splint Entertainment and Smith's Sounds Familyre Records.
During the promotional tour for the album Goliath in 2014, Steve Taylor & The Perfect foil were supported by Danielson. The idea of a collaboration between the two groups emerged, and in June 2015, when the tour came through Chicago, Daniel Smith of Danielson joined Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil in a collaborative recording effort at Steve Albini's studio Electrical Audio. A Kickstarter was launched for the EP, raising $55,633 USD.
Taylor stated that during the collaboration, the only rule was "If it sounds like something we’ve already done, we throw it out." In an interview with Buddyhead Radio, Albini commented on the process: "Dan Smith just put together this ad hoc band with a singer named Steve Taylor... ...They play this really rowdy punk rock. And that record is fucked-up and great. I didn’t expect that kind of music out of them, and I certainly didn’t expect it to be as awesome as it was. I was expecting it to be charming or interesting, but it ended up being really raucous and really great."
On December 10, 2015, Guitar World premiered the title track from the EP, making it available for streaming. On January 25, 2016, Paste premiered the music video for the same song. Directed by Matthew Sterling, the video features the band members throwing water balloons at each other. Taylor said of the video that "It was a simple concept. Roll camera, pretend you’re on fire, and have your bandmates offscreen try and extinguish you with water balloons. Bonus points were awarded for direct hits to the face." The EP was released on February 5, 2016, through Splint, with vinyl records available through Sounds Familyre. Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil continued to tour as a collaborative act through February 12. A second music video from the project, "Nonchalant", was released on April 3, 2016.
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