CHEVELLE's 'La Gárgola' Cracks U.S. Top 5

April 9, 2014

"La Gárgola", the seventh studio album from CHEVELLE, sold around 45,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on April 1 via Epic.

"La Gárgola" was recorded in Pasadena, California instead of the band's usual spot in their hometown of Chicago, and follows up 2011's "Hats Off To The Bull".

The "La Gárgola" cover, which can be found below, features a dark figure wearing a buttoned up coat and a beak-like mask worn by plague doctors back in the days.

"La Gárgola" track listing:

01. Ouija Board
02. An Island
03. Take Out The Gunman
04. Jawbreaker
05. Hunter Eats Hunter
06. One Ocean
07. Choking Game
08. The Damned
09. Under The Knife
10. Twinge

Drummer Sam Loeffler explained the group's sound to Loudwire Reloaded, saying: "At the end of the day I think we sound like our band without trying to sound like somebody else, and that's important. But at the same time you hope your music evolves. To me, it does evolve, but it's still melodic hard rock music which is what inspires us to want to write."

The first single, "Take Out The Gunman", addresses the issues of guns and mass shootings, but Loeffler says it's also about more than that. "It is hitting a little close to home," he tells The Pulse Of Radio. "However, certainly it's about that but the real point is about how the media sensationalizes it and how it perpetuates it, because we talk about it so much and concentrate on it so much, which is — when you put something on television, it just becomes bigger than life and then, you know, the age-old question is, if you don't put it on TV and nobody knows about it, will it happen less? I don't know."

The official lyric video for "Take Out The Gunman" can be seen below.

The trio is currently taking part in a headlining tour with MIDDLE CLASS RUT and OH BROTHER.

The group is also scheduled to make appearances at the Rock On The Range and Welcome To Rockville festivals in April and May.

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