"So refreshingly anti-bullshit are Oozing Wound that they could conceivably turn out to be the Nirvana of thrash." - Noisey
The Nirvana of thrash, you say? Well, that is exciting! It can only mean one thing — Oozing Wound will make us a lot of money and die and then make us even more! So excited were we by this possibility, that we sat down and recorded an interview with our own band. Two birds, you know — we could write the bio and get bonus material for the posthumous box set all at once!
The details:
Oozing Wound spent four days getting a studio tan at Minbal Studios in Chicago to record the new album Whatever Forever with recording engineer Matt Russell, which is four times as long as it took the band to record its 2013 debut Retrash. Russell mixed the album and it was mastered by Heba Kadry at Timeless Mastering.
Now onto some of our insightful, thoughtful questions and, of course, their replies.
Interview key/guide to the band:
Z = Zack Weil, geeter and screamees
K = Kevin Cribbin, high and low bass
C = Casey Marnocha, new thudder, not often allowed to speak
Plus Kyle Reynolds on thuds and psshy sounds. Dead to us.
How do you describe the new record to someone who isn’t familiar with Oozing Wound?
Z: Tipper Gore's worst fears incarnate. A horrifying concoction of apathy and malaise wrapped in a delectable sheet of hatred, drowned in a bath of contempt represented here by club sauce. Great for parties, ask your caterer for details.
K: It’s a spicy record. Ya best be sure to over toke if this is your first trip with the ooze. Great for bong couch sessions and hot boxed car rides. Loud proper speakers a must, no laptops or little Bluetooth Mambos.
Are there any significant developments in how this record was written and recorded compared to Earth Suck and Retrash?