Early Show: BLIND IDIOT GOD, Insect Ark

The band has shared the stage with artists like John Zorn (a collaborator who released their third album on Avant Records), Helmet, Black Flag, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Die Kreuzen, Don Caballero, Jesus Lizard, Napalm Death, HR, Eekamouse among many others.

Noisey/VICE enthused "Blind Idiot God is back, and they're somehow even bigger, louder, and heavier than ever." and BLURT calls the band "heavy skronk merchants." Sounds Magazine declared "[Blind Idiot God] summon up an instrumental music of horrific, towering, scale."

Blind Idiot God is Andy Hawkins on guitar and Tim Wyskida (Khanate) on drums. Gabe Katz, the band's original bass player is featured on the album but moving forward Will Dahl is the band's new bass player live and in the studio. Touring in support of the new album is planned for later this year.

The thirteen tracks on Before Ever After are 1. "Twenty Four Hour Dawn," 2. "Night Driver," 3. "Antiquity," 4. "Earthmover," 5. "FUB," 6. "Barrage," 7. "High and Mighty," 8. "Voice of the Structure," 9. "Under the Weight," 10. "Ramshackle," 11. "Wheels of Progress," 12. "Strung," and 13. "Shutdown."


INSECT ARK is the new solo project from Dana Schechter, known for her work with M. Gira's Angels
of Light (Swans) and her own band Bee and Flower. Based in Brooklyn, INSECT ARK is composed and
performed as an analog-electronic hybrid: one woman, a sampler, a bass, a lapsteel and a keyboard.

Creating her personal soundtrack to the human psyche's underbelly, Schechter's sounds weave a brooding,
textural landscape, a starless night spiked with sparkling moments of light and flash. Intimate and cold at the
same time, this foray into her aggressive and experimental musical side braids a strong sense of melody into
the twists and turns.

A new 10" EP, "Long Arms", and a split Cassette with Nathan Bell (Lungfish) are both slated for release
Spring 2013 on Geweih Ritual Documents.