New single from the Boston + Phoenix noise-rock band raises a glass to the late radio host and simpler times today (Friday, December 8)

We love music here at The Whole Kameese it is quite literally what keeps us going … When we heard “To Art Bell,” from Boston and Phoenix duo Canyons And Locusts it felt like a musical awakening. To hear music and melodies orchestrated like they are presented on “To Art Bell” was absolute magic .

You can listen to “To Art Bell” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here.

, “To Art Bell” is a noisy, fuzzed-out ruckus of a tune, and the latest from the band’s forthcoming 2024 EP The Red Angel,dedicated to the late radio host and raising a glass to simpler times,.

Clocking in at an economical 134 seconds, “To Art Bell” is a melodic statement of musical thunder

The upcoming EP is dedicated to the late Justine Covault, a staunch supporter of the duo whose label Red on Red Records previously released last year’s Roll The Dice album.

Canyons and Locusts were in the midst of recording the tracks on The Red Angel over the summer when Covault unexpectedly passed away. Left without a label home, Justin Keane (vocals and guitar) and Amy Young (drums and backing vocals) trudged forward, unleashing their new music with the guidance and enthusiasm Covault passed along before leaving us.

Picking up where October’s furious “Buck Dharma’s Eyes” left off, “To Art Bell” is a hazy fever of gritty alt-rock and Midwestern college rock that clocks in at just over two minutes in runtime. And it’s not lost on the band that this chaotic and noisy tune is inspired, in part, by a radio host whose timbre and cadence helped put listeners at ease.

“Somewhere in the late ‘90s when we were all scared of Y2K and the end of the world and there was just that energy – especially in NYC where Amy and I both lived at the time – I discovered Art Bell’s show and would usually listen to that late at night and on into the early AM,” says Keane. “It was this glorious mishmash of chupacabra and Bigfoot and reverse speech and exorcism and not anything like what we think of as ‘conspiracy theory’ today. And his voice was just perfect for the middle of the night.”

Young adds: “I got turned on to Art Bell back in my 20s when I was doing a lot of subcultural exploration and it was among the interesting landscapes to wander. What’s interesting to me is Justin and I having these same thoughts and it being something we never talked about.”

We are absolutely enthralled with the musical brilliance of “To Art Bell” We can not wait for more music from Canyons And Locusts