FOLK | Kevin Warwick
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New bands aren’t usually news, but the lineup of a Chicago trio called Chrome Waves makes it an exception: vocalist Stavros Giannopoulos of the Atlas Moth, guitarist Jeff Wilson of Wolvhammer, and drummer and bassist Bob Fouts, formerly of the Gates of Slumber and now with Apostle of Solitude. (Both Fouts and Wilson also used to play in Nachtmystium.) The band recently finished a self-titled EP, which they plan to release early in 2012, and two weeks ago they posted one of its four songs, “Height of the Rifles,” to Soundcloud. “If you’re a fan of maybe Assassins-era Nachtmystium mixed with, I don’t know, maybe Deftones minus the nu-metal parts with brutal vocals, you will dig it,” Fouts told online magazine Forbidden. “It’s pretty trippy with lots of atmosphere. It still has a bit of a black-metal feel but also more groove, and not as much blast.”
On and off since 2001 Jacobsen has also had a band, Lovely Little Girls, and it’s a total package: challenging, dissonant, ever-changing experimental rock, conceptually linked songs, and ambitious themed stage productions that often involve makeup, prosthetics, partial nudity, and large casts of players. His longtime collaborator, bassist Alex Perkolup (also of Cheer-Accident), writes most of the songs; Jacobsen animates their lyrics with his abject, frenzied singing and grotesque, even violent stage presence.
