“This magic moment, while our bands are touch hearts, will last forever… forever, forever, ever”, echoes the voice of the dearly iconic Mr. Terry Turtle of Buck Gooter, a final transmission awash with reverb before descending into a chaotic swath of noise led by A Place to Bury Strangers’ Dion Lunadon’s slick charging bass lead. The love channels through the recording as Terry beckons Dion to kick the track off in a massive pit during a collaboration of their “disco cart” portion when the trio dive into the crowd to deliver a nerve shattering performance. The track entitled, “Magic Moments 3” is part of a new live album,Thirsty Nights by Virginia-based industrial blues duo Buck Gooter and the dissonant shoegaze infused A Place to Bury Strangers taken from these improvised jams while the bands were on tour together in Europe during the spring of 2018. The project places Gooter’s primal backwoods inflection amidst the abrasive ocean of noise so well-crafted by APTBS. This is the first new release from Gooter since the sudden passing of Turtle in the fall of 2019 but one which places the artist in a perfect light, among the chaotic mess of a live show for which so many have come to know the duo.
The album will be releasing on Friday, February 21st to coincide with the Terry Turtle Memorial Festival (TICKETS) taking place in New York at Ridgewood venue Trans-Pecos for two-days featuring a mass of performances from dear friends who’ve shared the stage with Gooter over the past 15 years of their existence including P.E., Conduit, PC Worship, New England Patriots, LEYA and so many more. All proceeds from the festival and album will be going towards the Terry Turtle Memorial Fund organized by fellow Gooter Billy Bratt which provides relief for various non-profits that Terry believed in supporting such as children rock camps and environmental protection.
You can preorder the cassette now with a limited edition t-shirt bundle designed by the band and download of the track here. Full tracklist is available below along with artwork for the festival.
Thirsty Nights (tracklist)
- 11pm Load In
- Alexa The Wonderdog
- Magic Moment 1
- Fire Extinguisher Dog
- You Are Satan Satan
- Magic Moment 2
- DJ Juice X
- Bent Frog
- Magic Moment 3
- Garagedust