Beak + Family Tour
November 7, 2014
We are hitting the road next Friday with Family and Order of the Owl. See our shows section for dates. Kick off show at Township Chicago with fellow buddies Arriver next Friday November 14th (facebook event here) (tickets here). Great times coming. We will be playing oh so many tracks of our new record “Let Time Begin”.
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Beak w/ Tombs & Vattnet Viskar
October 18, 2014
Beak opens for the mighty Tombs and Vattnet Viskar Wednesday October 22nd at Chicago’s Township in Logan Square. Facebook event here. Get tickets here.
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Fall 2014 Tour
October 9, 2014
We’re hitting the road with Family and Order of the Owl in November in support of the new record. Dates as pictured here!
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“Let Time Begin” Out Now!
September 23, 2014
We are psyched that the day is finally here – “Let Time Begin” is officially available online everywhere.We’ve been working on this record since the release of Eyrie, two years ago, and we are incredibly excited to share this new music with you. 8 songs, flowing from front to back, highs and lows, a journey from the beginning of time itself. The rise and fall of everything.
Available on CD and MP3 from our store, and MP3 everywhere: Amazon, iTunes, etc. Get yourself a copy!
Revolver says 4/5.”Pull back occasionally, as ISIS torchbearers Beak do here, and there’s room for the volume to grow—until each surging climax seems somehow louder than even the heaviest metal thunder.. A genuinely big bang.”
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Video Premier – “Light Outside”
September 15, 2014
We are completely thrilled to be sharing our first music video with you from our upcoming record. “Light Outside” debuts today on Metal Injection. What makes it extraordinarily fun and real for us is that we have a very large hand in the making of our videos. You could say it’s a huge part of what Beak is. Chris is a photographer, and he works very closely with the ideas in Jon’s lyrics and he finds a visual expression that is true to that subject. I suppose that is a pretty unique opportunity for us. You can look into our heads and see what we see.
The visuals needed to be iconic as possible, so inspired by “The Tree Of Life” and the Brothers Quay, we set out to pair lyrical and abstract visuals with very heavy, jolting and contrasting images. It’s an exploration of beginnings. Enjoy and thank you for taking part.
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Let Time Begin – Teaser Video – Pre-order available now
September 10, 2014
Today our new record “Let Time Begin” is available worldwide for pre-order. Watch the album teaser and get a preview of music videos and sounds to come. Order the record in our store or amazon or anywhere.
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Record Release Show w/ Anatomy Of Habit
September 4, 2014
In two weeks time – Friday September 19th at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen – we will be playing the new record, live, in it’s entirety from front to back, for the first time ever, in celebration of the release of “Let Time Begin”. This is currently a Chicago only event, though we are taking this act on the road later in November. The first 50 people through the door will be given a cd copy of the new record! Shit, that’s the kind of night this going to be. Anatomy of Habit and Vukari will be joining us. Get tickets here.
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Behind the scenes – “Light Outside” music video coming soon
September 3, 2014
We set out on a mission to make a video for our new single ‘Light Outside’. We’re Beak, that’s what we do, make videos for our songs. Our drummer Chris had a crazy idea, so we followed along. Our latest record, “Let Time Begin” speaks of the origins of the universe, the beginning of humanity, and primordial goo. How the hell do we show that in a video? Water. We perform the songs in water. Jon sang the song in a cold pool of water with Chris’s camera hovering above him on a tall tripod. Cue lights, cue sound, cue the dumping of milk and dye over Jon’s shivering face in the pool. Then Chris’s 3 year old son Ellis comes out to see what dad and his friends are doing, curious about the 4 men in the garage with the lights and camera and boombox are doing with his pool. Ellis dances anyway. For Jason’s vocal parts we wrapped his sweaty head in thermal blanket and made him sing through that. That’s fun. The rest of the night Andy just bitches about dumping all of the stinky milk water into the alley. This is how we spend our Saturday night.
“Light Outside” music video premiers in September. Stay tuned.
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Second Single “Souls in Streams” debuts on Stereokiller
August 29, 2014
Our 2nd single – the first track off our forthcoming record – debuts today on Stereokiller. “Souls in Streams” is a song we’ve played out frequently over the last year. You might recognize it. This is one of my favorites off the new record. We can’t wait to get the whole thing out. Just 3 weeks to go. Listen to it here.
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First single “Light Outside” debuts on the Onion’s AV Club
July 25, 2014
We are thrilled to present the first single “Light Outside” from our forthcoming record on The Onion’s AV Club. Check it out here.
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Let Time Begin – New Record – Sept 23rd
July 8, 2014
It’s time. We’re finally ready to share news of our debut full-length. “Let Time Begin” was written and recorded on the heels of the release of our last, and we’re super excited to share it with you. We spent the bulk of our time at Chicago’s legendary studios Electrical Audio and Soma, recording, recording and mixing with the talented Neil Strauch (“Eyrie” engineer, Bonnie Prince Billy, et al). We see this record as a forward continuation of where we last left off only with this twist: it’s a prequel.
The album art was done by our drummer, Chris Eichenseer of Someoddpilot. 8 songs. 40+ minutes of music. The album will be released on September 23rd 2014 on Someoddpilot Records via Ingrooves worldwide. Pre-orders, videos, and more coming soon.
Tracklist -
Souls In Streams
Light Outside
The Breath Of Universe
Let Time Begin
Into The Light
Carry A Fire
Over The Shelter, The Morning Breaks
Fiery They Rose
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Beak w/ Eyehategod, Ringworm, Enabler, Czar
June 10, 2014
Beak opens the night for Eyehategod at the Cobra Lounge Friday, June 13th. We’re stoked. Check out the tickets you will buy.
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Beak @ House of Blues photos
April 27, 2014
New photographs from our show with Iced Earth: one set from Visual Massacre and another from Kyle Gaddo for Heavy Blog Is Heavy.
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Beak w/ Iced Earth, Sabotan
April 7, 2014
Last night we opened for Iced Earth at the House of Blues. We had an absolute blast. Come see us next time. Thanks to Carl Barr for the picture.
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Eyrie – entire album now streaming on Youtube
February 12, 2014
We set each track of Eyrie up on Youtube. Also, watch our 3 music videos for “Hands Collide”, “Billions Of Eyes” and “The Weight And Time” . Go here.
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Videos
Streaming
- Beak kicks off a tour with Family next Friday at Township Chicago. Our good friends Arriver will open. See you there! t.co/wmmmBaRwVs
- "Let Time Begin is a journey of compelling sonic explorations bridging the gap between muscularity and... t.co/k8hxDxS3s2
- Preview the new record on Bandcamp. All the tracks are posted their for your listening pleasure. Get a copy while... t.co/wEXcftJJJ0
- Our tour kickoff takes place November 14th with tourmates Family and Chicago brethren Arriver (ex-Songs:Ohia) at... t.co/qHp3smUkvE
- "Beak is most certainly not playing it safe here, in fact they’re playing in dangerous territory and doing a damn... t.co/YIxP1xMZKG