North Carolina sludgers Mean Green release full-length "Castle"!

Dropping this Friday like a ten-ton weight, Mean Green's new LP "Castle" brings the riffs, attitude, and filthy, filthy sludge.

In the band's own words:
We recorded this album in six days in a row at Sonark Media in Hillsboro, NC. We record everything live all in one room, one take or no take, no punch ins, no edits, no click track. Guitar solos and vocals were done separately, and we recorded on tape as well.

The way we see it, Black Sabbath never used click tracks, AC/DC didn't either, so why do we have to do it just because modern overprocessed bullshit music industry standards say so. They're taking the life out of music by trying to perfect it. There's no soul to it, but the mistakes are part of the story.

After we had recorded all our material we had prepared we came to the shocking discovery that we never added up the time to all our songs, and we fell short of what we intended to release. So track six, Cyclone, is just an on the spot jam we did and decided to put in the album. Improv is one of our cores as Mean Green, and it comes through in our live shows. They're rarely the same show if ever. We have the bones of songs and lyrics but we play with tempo and rhythms at times depending on the vibe.

This band is all vibes, heavy vibes maybe, we don't give a single shit if we make a mistake or play a wrong note. If you get hung up on that shit you often miss the opportunity to do some really cool shit you didn't even know you had in you. Just don't give a fuck and see what happens, it's pretty rad.

Miles Davis once said "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80%". And we are the motherfuckers that play our songs. and we mean to do it our way, and what feels right in the moment. So with all this studio shit coming out you're really missing about half of what we are about if you haven't seen us live. We're not a fucking jam band so don't worry about that, we just don't want to play a carbon copy of anything every night, even our own shit.

This album took a long fucking time to release becasue we wanted to tour consistently after it came out. It took everything we had, but now we're capable of consistent touring, so here ya go. To those of you who have stuck around since the self-titled, thanks for that, hope this one exceeds expectations. PS: if y'all want an instrumental jam album just say so, we would have a blast.

Mean Green is a three-piece sludge outfit with all the subtlety of a rusted-out square body with glass packs - and the fortitude of a rabid opossum in heat. Armed with riffs as thick as a bowl of cold grits, the band blends crushing sludge, classic rock swagger, and raw Southern grime into a live show built to hit hard and leave a lasting mark. Mean Green released their self-titled debut album to wide acclaim in 2023, and are proud to present their sophomore LP, “Castle”. 

Fusing the crushing weight of High on Fire and Sleep with the gritty, blues-soaked swagger of ’70s rock acts like Foghat, Cactus, and Cream, Mean Green deliver the heavy goods on “Castle”.

Mean Green will also be headlining the Wicked Doom Festival August 29th in Worcester, Massachusetts alongside Sundrifter, Worshipper, Üga Büga, and more.

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Castle album credits:
Jake Helms - Guitar, Vocals
Alex Wierback - Bass
James Matthews - Drums

Mean Green is:
Jake Helms - Guitar, Vocals
Cole Franklin - Bass
James Matthews - Drums

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