WALKING BOMBS: Nine Circles Premieres “Mountain Giantess” As Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 With Guests From Chrome Waves, Geezer, Globelamp, Gridfailure, And More Nears June 20th Release

June 4, 2025 Infrared Magazine Interviews, Music News, News, Press Releases 0

ââ¦ a potent mix of pop, rock, noise, and dance alongside a heady dose of electronics to flesh out the soundâ¦â â Nine Circles

Nine Circles is hosting the premiere of âMountain Giantessâ from California-based WALKING BOMBS, preceding the release of the outfitâs Blessings Bestrewn Part 1, the first in a two-part album sequence.

WALKING BOMBS is the prolific collaborator magnet/solo project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Morgan Y. Evans. Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 arrives in the projectâs busiest year to date, yet stands out among the recent rash of mixtapes, EPs, and singles as a more orchestrated and complex project. The record was largely recorded in upstate New York in 2022 prior to Evansâ relocation to California, after which it was slowly refined and completed over many months.

A bi-coastal effort that took three years to complete, Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 is the first part of a double album, color coded into two parts like Guns N’ Roses famed Use Your Illusion era. This album sees Evans performing electric and acoustic guitars/basses, trombone, and lead vocals. The record also features a wide cast of collaborators including members/alumni of Book Of Wyrms, Gridfailure, Shadow Witch, Globelamp, Chrome Waves, Cycle Sluts From Hell, Geezer, Stormland, Black Mesa, The Alchemy Unit, and more.

Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 was co-produced by Ash Umhey and Morgan Y. Evans, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Umhey at his Orange Sound in Rhinebeck, New York, and completed with cover art by Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gomez Dapena and Morgan Y. Evans. The guest contributorsâ recordings were handled by the respective artists, and random DIY/unorthodox recording tactics were used.

The new track âMountain Giantessâ sees Evans performing vocals, bass, and glockenspiel, with guitar by Dava Nasr, organ by Ash Umhey, and drums by Steve Markota. “The song âMountain Giantessâ was so much fun,” Morgan Evans reflects. “I always loved Mountain Giants from the original Dungeons & Dragons setting. What if our pollution awakened a really powerful, she-giant sized Greta Thunberg and she came to whoop ass? Sometimes rock needs to examine those kinds of things!”

“I know Steve Markota from when he was in one of my favorite punk bands ever Nightmares For A Week. He plays in popular stoner band Geezer now. I thought it would be awesome to have Ash play Deep Purple-esque organ and pair it with Steve’s groovy drumming for a kind of boogie-rock meets Soundgarden Ultramega OK homage and one of my most Chris Cornell meets Dio inspired vocals,” Evans continues. “I got my dear friend Dava Nasr of Cycle Sluts From Hell/Star & Dagger fame to play heavy blues guitar on it. The drums were recorded in a small room during an insane thunderstorm. Lightning was flashing and trees were crashing down all over the roads outside! Pretty great summation of nature’s wrath!”

Nine Circles writes, âI love it when I come across a band that refuses to ascribe to genre labels and I have no idea how to express the joyous noise WALKING BOMBS creates,â noting the songâs, âpotent mix of pop, rock, noise, and dance alongside a heady dose of electronics to flesh out the soundâ¦â

Stream WALKING BOMBSâ âMountain Giantessâ first at Nine Circles RIGHT HERE.

Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 will be released digitally on June 20th. Find preorders where âMirror Moshâ and âShitical Darlingsâ are streaming HERE.

Details on Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 will be unveiled in the coming weeks following the release of the first installment.

ââ¦a unique psych-punk hybrid that is absolutely fascinating and engaging.â â New Noise Magazine