Supergroup EYE AM, featuring Crowbar vocalist and guitarist Kirk Windstein, guitarist/vocalist Kenny Hickey and drummer/vocalist Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative/Silvertomb, and former Crowbar bassist Todd Strange (who also played alongside Kirk in Down), has secured international representation in the UK and Europe through Route One Booking Agent Ben Ward. The band, brought together by Andrew Spaulding’s Corpse Paint Records, released their new song, “Cryptomnesia,” late last month and are now looking ahead for more music to come with an upcoming album in the works.
Ben Ward comments on the international signing:
“We are really delighted to announce the signing of supergroup EYE AM for booking representation in the UK and Europe.”
Andrew Spaulding of Corpse Paint Records adds:
“Super stoked to be collaborating with Route One Booking, I have been a fan of Ben’s band, Orange Goblin for many years So to work with his company has been awesome. Who knows maybe we both can do some shows together in the future!! People I know personally are working with Ben and Route One Booking and have nothing but awesome things to say about their experience. I’m excited for our future together. “
Kenny Hickey comments on the latest “Cryptomnesia” single:
“I think Cryptomnesia extends Eye Am’s appeal beyond just metal particularly doom metal. There is that element but it has deep classic rock and hard rock influences as well. There’s a lot of transitioning back and forth between these styles in the song including multiple key changes and chromatic movements which feature what I think is some very tasteful guitar work. It also has an acoustic guitar intro and outro and even an acoustic foundation to the choruses. We really enjoy throwing all the things we love about classic rock, hard rock, and metal in to the pot to see what comes out.”
Todd Strange commented:
“I think we’re finding our sound as we go. And this is sounding more like EYE AM.”
Johnny Kelly expressed:
“The creative part is the fun part, that’s been the fun part. It’s become the song, to me, that identifies EYE AM. We’re still finding ourselves, and it seems like this is where we are meant to be.”
Vinny Labella, co-producer of Eye Am, stated:
“We wanted to give more of an unpolished feel…we all grew up on 70s music, so we wanted them to sound more analog, we wanted to sound more like that era.”
Kirk Windstein elaborated on the latest single:
“I really think Cryptomnesia is a perfect example of a new Band finding it’s own style and sound. I love Dreams Always Die With The Sun, but we had a lot more time putting together Cryptomnesia, and the end result is awesome!!! The song is very hypnotic to me. I never get tired of hearing it, and that’s a great thing!!!”
Hickey added:
“I don’t want our music to be one dimensional. I don’t want it to be just dark and doomy or always heavy I want it to be both light and dark and dynamic and I think Cryptomnesia really captures all of that. I really love the way it moves freely between opposing movements of heavy guitars and sudden melodic key changes and even acoustic segments. It’s a moody song and it goes a lot of places in the 5 minutes or so it takes to play out. It feels more like a trip than a song to me. I don’t get tired of listening to it.”
Check out the videos for “Cryptomnesia” and “Dreams Always Die with the Sun” below:
