THE GIRAFFES – NYC power outfit presents furious eco-crisis anthem ‘Pipes’

Out Tuesday is ‘Pipes’ from Brooklyn alt-rockers THE GIRAFFES – a furious protest anthem written in response to the Flint water crisis. Frontman AARON LAZAR shares, “I suspected it was going to become a more commonplace thing everywhere. Hate to say I was right. I grew up in a place much like Flint – Youngstown OH, a former steel boomtown in the rust belt that is slowly crumbling due to population loss and divestment by the government. The feeling of invisibility that hits you when you realize you depend on an infrastructure that hasn’t been maintained or thought about in a few generations and that now everyone you know may be poisoned by a few peoples contempt and negligence is something else.”

Following ‘The Shot’, this previews their 8th album ‘Cigarette’ – a hypnotic, psychedelic ethnic-tinged rock score for our current age of decay and disappointment, fear and fury, idiocy and hope. Formed in 1996, The Spill Magazine calls them “a band that effortlessly blends raw energy with complex musicianship. A thrilling return to form… A full-throttle angst-filled yet logical assault on the senses… Fans of the Jesus Lizard, Queens of the Stone Age and Fu Manchu will find their sonic sweet spot in their wild, edgy sound”.