Brooklyn-native jam quartet PEAK returns this fall with its second studio album, Choppy Water, due to arrive in full on October 14th. The album marks the sophomore release from PEAK following 2018’s Electric Bouquet.
The band will celebrate the album’s release on 10/22 with a special performance at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory featuring support from Asbury Park, NJ’s Waiting On Mongo and Pittsburgh, PA’s Trailheads [get tickets here].
“We’re really looking forward to this hometown throwdown,” says guitarist Jeremy Hillard of the album release show on October 22nd. “NYC was the last place we played before the pandemic. Since then, we’ve made an album, spent countless hours honing our improvising, and played spring and summer tours. We’re a different band than we were in February of 2020, and we can’t wait to feel the energy in the room when we finally hit the stage in Brooklyn.”
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On Choppy Water, the outfit—comprised of guitarist Hilliard (Turbine), drummer Kito Bovenshulte (Particle), bassist Josh T. Carter (Hayley Jane and The Primates), and keyboardist Johnny Young (Mick Taylor Band)—applies its groove-based psychedelic rock approach to dalliances with funk, electro-pop, prog, Americana, and the spirit of the blues making for a distinct musical brew.
Recorded at Horizon Sound Studios in Brooklyn throughout 2020 and 2021 with engineers Johnny and Michelle Young and mixed by Jason “Jocko” Randall (Turkuaz/ Jimkata/ Dopapod) at Moresound Studios in Syracuse, NY, the material on Choppy Water was culled from years of songwriting and road-testing, presenting listeners with a lived-in snapshot of the band at this moment in time.
Choppy Water has been preceded by two singles, “Starlight Child” and “When The Night Comes Calling You“, the latter of which premiered in August via Live For Live Music.
RSVP to the October 22nd PEAK Choppy Water album release show Facebook Event here. To grab your tickets to the show, click here. To get ready for the show, check out some live PEAK videos here.
For a full list of upcoming PEAK tour dates, head to the band’s website here.
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