US prog rock/stoner/proto-metal duo End Of Age stream their new three-track EP »Narcoleptic Hallucinations«; out doday in digital format!

Lancaster, Pennsylvania based prog rock/stoner/proto-metal duo End Of Age has just released their new three-track EP »Narcoleptic Hallucinations« today, September 19th, 2024.

Tracklist:
01. Spring Of Nothing
02. Shoved Through The Window Of Consumption
03. Narcoleptic Hallucinations

End Of Age was formed by vocalist/guitarist Ben McGuire and drummer Mark Hanna formerly of the band Black Cowgirl. Soon after Black Cowgirl ceased to exist in 2015, McGuire began construction of a recording studio within a 150-year-old barn in Lancaster County Pennsylvania with the sole purpose of having a place to record without the time constraints of a traditionally paid studio session. Unfortunately on the first day of renovations the barn was discovered to be structurally unsound and needed to be entirely torn down. Distraught and defeated McGuire briefly considered using gasoline to solve the problem after finding a newspaper article dated 1885 under the floorboards that detailed a local arson from 130 years prior but wisely ignored the “sign” and decided against it making the decision to disassemble the cursed barn and immediately start the slow process of collecting material to build a new structure. This unforeseen obstacle coupled with multiple other unexpected life events delayed End Of Age from recording and playing more than a few shows for a couple of years while the new studio took shape.

The pair recorded 5 songs for Ripple Music with a makeshift studio set up in 2020 during lockdown as construction continued on the permanent location. Finally, to the elation of Hanna and McGuire the final studio they are calling Wilderness Exile was completed in early 2022. What first appeared to be a crippling misfortune proved to be a blessing in disguise. McGuire and Hanna now have a place that provides limitless experimentation and creativity for their projects as well as other musicians. End Of Age already knew they could lay the musical foundation for a tune and construct a real doozy of a ditty. Now they know they can literally lay the foundation for a physical building and construct the piss out of one as well. They temporarily traded their drums and guitars for hammers and nails assuming the role of blue-collar warriors on the warpath for riffcraft. Now that their fortress of sonic excess has been realized auditory experimentation can begin.

Recorded at Wilderness Exile Recording in Lancaster County Pennsylvania.
Album art by Adam Burke.

Line-up:
Ben McGuire – Vocals/Guitar
Mark Hanna – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well