NEW NEGATIVE REACTION ALBUM IS COMING OUT SOON, ALBUM TITLE REVEALED!!!!

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NEGATIVE REACTION's first album in like... a decade(?!) is just about finished - right now it's in the mastering stage at Steer Run Studios, which is Ken-E-Bones' recording studio at his compound in West Virginia (he relocated there from Long Island!!!!). Speaking as one of the few people to have heard a track from it, I can tell you that it's going to be good... I had the privilege of seeing them last summer, where Ken-E-Bones, as he put it, "channeled his inner Randy Rhodes". That's not just an opinion he and myself share, but his band and a pioneer of the sludge community who witnessed it live. Get ready to be shocked by these solos. At this point, I think it's safe to say that his guitar-playing is superior to Matt Pike, Wino, and even Dave Chandler. So be sure to check it out when it drops!

Btw here's the official statement the band released about it last month:

Negative Reaction
February 29 at 3:43 AM ·

A transmission from the captain of the Spaceship Negative Reaction Captain Ken-E Bones.....
"Hello everyone I hope this transmission serves you well....
The new full length album is finished!
A release date will be announced next week.
The new album is titled "Astrophilia."
It is a part 2 of the legendary "Moon Song."
It is a concept on what happens after the earth is destroyed in the story of "The Moon Song."
The concept...
A handful of people survive and travel through space looking for a new home.......... Or not."
End of Line...........
Your Captain, Ken-E Bones

Btw you can order the entire NEGATIVE REACTION full-length back catalog on bandcamp now...

https://negativereactionband.bandcamp.com

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