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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Insanely Good

I've read many press releases. Some were well-written. Some were hand-written. Some had typos and grammatical errors. Some had the rhythm and melody of insanely good poetry.

Until this morning, I cannot ever reading the phrase "insanely good" to describe an album. I think it's hilarious.

I learned something today. I learned that "meagre" is a word, not a typo. I noticed this:


I used google.com to search for meagre and google.com says "meagre" is not a typo:


I used google.com to search for marihuana and google.com says "marihuana" is not a typo:


With all of that cleared up, this is the press release about Anvil, a Canadian heavy metal band. As the press release mentions

AFM Records are hugely excited to announce 'Legal At Last' the insanely good new album from Canadian metal heroes ANVIL!

'Legal At Last' will be released 14th February 2020 via AFM-Records and the album will be available as digipak, digital, black vinyl and some limited colored vinyl.

When it comes to virtues such as endurance, unconditional commitment and a thoroughly down-to-earth attitude, Anvil are the measure of all things. Like few other metal acts, the band surrounding founding members Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow (vocals, guitars) and Robb Reiner (drums), plus bassist Chris Robertson have earned their laurels of blood, sweat and tears.

Since their 2009 documentary film The Story Of Anvil which revealed the unvarnished truth about the music industry, the world has been aware that the day-to-day life of most musicians doesn’t consist of MTV Awards, Grammy ceremonies, red carpets, champagne and caviar but mainly of energy-sapping tours with little sleep, junk food and meagre earnings. Yet these difficult conditions have made Anvil what they are today: a band that stands rock solid in the turbulent waters of a musical genre that produces music like no other, by fans for fans.

This new album is very special to Anvil: "Legal At Last is mainly about two things,” Reiner explains, pointing to the cover artwork with a grin. “We celebrate the legalisation of the Anvil bong because Canada changed its marihuana laws last year, which means we no longer sail close to the wind all the time. That’s why the album title announces that Anvil are legal at last.
Our fans have always known that, but the public at large treated us like criminals for a long time.” Kudlow adds: “Legal At Last is our way of telling the public: ‘It’s okay, Anvil are okay, you’re allowed to like us at last!’”

Tracklist
01 - Legal At Last
02 - Nabbed In Nebraska
03 - Chemtrails
04 - Gasoline
05 - I'm Alive
06 - Talking To The Wall
07 - Glass House
08 - Plastic In Paradise
09 - Bottom Line
10 - Food For The Vulture
11 - When All's Been Said And Done
12 - No Time

Tour Dates:
26.02.2020 - FR - Colmar
27.02.2020 - FR - Lyon
28.02.2020 - FR - Savigny Le Temple
29.02.2020 - FR - Vaureal
01.03.2020 - NL - Den Bosch
04.03.2020 - UK - Edinburgh
05.03.2020 - UK - Derby
06.03.2020 - UK - Buckley
07.03.2020 - UK - Bradford
08.03.2020 - UK - Milton Keynes
09.03.2020 - UK - Manchester
11.03.2020 - NIR - Belfast
12.03.2020 - IE - Dublin
13.03.2020 - UK - Nuneaton
14.03.2020 - UK - Halifax
15.03.2020 - UK - Bridgewater
17.03.2020 - UK - Swinden
18.03.2020 - UK - Bristol
19.03.2020 - UK - Brighton
20.03.2020 - UK - Southampton
21.03.2020 - UK - London
22.03.2020 - UK - Machynlleth
24.03.2020 - NL - Leiden
25.03.2020 - DE - Essen
26.03.2020 - DE - Siegburg
27.03.2020 - BE - Lens
28.03.2020 - BE - Bilzen
29.03.2020 - DE - Regensburg
30.03.2020 - CH - Frauenfeld
31.03.2020 - DE - Mannheim
01.04.2020 - DE - München
02.04.2020 - DE - Stuttgart
03.04.2020 - CH - Luzern
05.04.2020 - DE - Saarbrücken
06.04.2020 - DE - Hannover
07.04.2020 - DE - Aschaffenburg
08.04.2020 - DE - Berlin
10.04.2020 - NL - Corneel
11.04.2020 - NL - Roermond
12..04.2020 - DE - Osnabrück
14.04.2020 - DE - Hamburg

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