Formed 5 years ago in Austin by singer and guitar player, Febian Perez, the Progressive Psych Rock band Bike Thief is now situated in Portland, Oregon where they are recording their upcoming Impaler LP. Also featuring Chad Van Dyke on lead guitar and bassist Patrick White, the group has spent countless hours meticulously crafting this record and is headed in the direction Febian has always imagined.
Bike Thief’s sound mixes post-rock and psych rock and covers a wide range of sounds and concepts they’ve been aching to explore as a band, and also range dynamically between texturally minimal and eerie to boisterous and aggressive. The new album also carries several themes ranging from loss, lust, introspectiveness, growth, and hope and is a drastic approach from their last two records, Stuck In A Dream (2014) and Ghost of Providence (2013). Despite any differences, their dynamic sound is always constant.
The first single is titled “Dark Dances”, which was produced by Riley Geare of Unknown Mortal Orchestra. It features Patti King of Radiation City on backing vocals and Greg Allen on viola and its accompanying music video was directed/edited/written by Ryne Freed. The song has taken shape over a long period of the band’s history, but recently became a priority of their focus. Febian expresses themes of lust and the varied dynamics of past relationships. It’s a meaningful track to him, and like the rest of the new album is full of symbolism that conveys those experiences artistically. The new album is scheduled for release in 2016 and, for now, we get a taste of things to come with the first single, “Dark Dances”.
Bike Thief is now playing on TMN Radio.