« Last Post: Soaked in the Rain |Main| Next Post: Girth McDürchstein’s ‘The Return’ – Leaked! »

October 29, 2007

PRESS RELEASE: Girth McDürchstein’s ‘The Return’ Abandoned. Again.

Written by Lacey Greenwood on October 29, 2007 2:34 PM
Permalink |  Band News Press Releases Recording Girth McDürchstein's 'The Return'  | Digg It

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lacey’s Relations
1142 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90017

METAL ICON CANCELS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM

LOS ANGELES, October 29, 2007 — Abysmal Crucifix frontman Girth McDürchstein announced in a press conference Monday that he has canceled the November release of Girth McDürchstein’s ‘The Return’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2002’s critically acclaimed double-album Girth McDürchstein’s ‘The Hedge’.

Plagued with production and personnel problems from the start, McDürchstein recorded two versions of a metal album before rewriting it in late 2006 as a unique “hip-hopera,” which allowed increased emphasis on the story and lyrics over the music. Like The Hedge before it, Girth McDürchstein’s ‘The Return’ told an album-length story as part of a “concept album” (a term McDürchstein coined in 2000 when he began work on The Hedge).

The Return featured a fictionalized version of McDürchstein himself returning to his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he learns of the impending nuptials of his estranged high school sweetheart. From this small story, McDürchstein spun a tale of heroes and villains, warlocks and wizardry, love and pain, culminating in an epic struggle between good and evil and tranny meth-dealing fast-food employees. Would McDürchstein come out on top? The world will never know.

At the same press conference, McDürchstein announced a January release date for a live album culled from the band’s recent Splitcock Tour of Scandinavia and Japan. When asked what the band plans to do after the live album’s release, McDürchstein suggested another tour, perhaps, before returning to the studio for an album of brand new, non-epic material.

“For now, though, I’d like to just concentrate on spending time with my family,” said McDürchstein. “I’ll be staying home with my beautiful wife, Margo, and my even more beautiful daughter, Renal Rojas. It’ll be quite a time, believe me.”

Who wouldn’t?

###

Press Contact:
Lacey Greenwood
818.655.5000
laceygstring@girthmcdurchstein.com