Half of Brass Castle Releases Solo CD, I Left My Hat in Hades

Chris Strawn is usually recognized as one-half of Brass Castle, the Atlanta duo that tempers deranged Southern rock with spastic energy and drunken lunacy. Think Ween trying to teach the songs of MC5 to Sebadoh and you’re pretty close to the right neighborhood.

On Friday March 25th Strawn unveiled his self-released solo CD, I Left My Hat in Hades (Drazzig Records).

I left My Hat in Hades features 14 songs that wander through disparate bouts of paranoid pop, metal, electro and acid rock, while upholding his penchant for lurching surrealism and lo-fi fuzz.

When left to his own devices, Strawn takes the spun-out energy factor down a notch. But the bedroom recording qualities, frazzled pop arrangements and drug-addled logic of each song pull together in fugue-like moments of elongated rhythms and hooks that reveal an art-damaged side of bi-polar rock aesthetic.

The CD release party I Left My Hat in Hades will be held at The Highland Inn on Friday, March 28. Show starts at 8 p.m. Will Rogers Outfit opens. No price is listed, but it wouldn’t hurt to call The Highland Inn (404-874-5756).

To hear songs from I Left My Hat in Hades, click here

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