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FEASTofFETUS made their triumphant return to the stage on November 12th, 2011. After almost 2 years of hibernation in the belly of a golden narwhal, their filthy, ragged exterior eaten clean away by the effervescent stomach acids of the divine beast, they played live in front of those who gathered, from far and wide, at The Mint in Los Angeles, as a shiny diamond licked clean and offered up from the sea mammal’s exquisite tongue.

Boasting a newer, tighter line-up of magnificent musicians, and new songs, FoF was looked upon favorably and proudly by their whale-king father. “I have swallowed you when you were but a lump of coal,” he said. “I have taken you into my belly and impregnated myself with you. You kicked and screamed and feared death and caused me much pain to bear you within, but then you hushed and you slept and you grew. I bathed you in my effervescent juices and that blackened filth that had consumed you began to fall away. When I felt your shine as a warmth in my belly I knew then that it was time. I birthed you out of my stomach and out of my mouth and licked you clean and held you out on the tip of my tongue to gleam in the sun. And now you have proven yourselves to me and I say you are ready. Go and be what you were meant to be and never stray. For if I must swallow you as a lump of coal again, I will instead shit you out and let you sink to the bottom of the sea.”

Pictures and video from the show that marks the re-birth of FEASTofFETUS coming soon.

Listen to The House of Rabbits. Illustration by Nikki Rossignol.

JGC

The video was edited together from a late 70s italian production called “Il Visitatore” or “The Visitor”. I found this little gem on VHS in the “Holy Fucking Shit” section of the local video rental spot.

The folks at I HEART NOISE recently asked FoF to submit a track to their Gone in 60 Seconds compilation, which is a collection of songs and experiments from over 30 different recording artists with all of their tracks clocking in under 1 minute. I was given the option to either submit an existing track, or write something new. The only tracks from Meconium that were under a minute were the instrumental segues and I didn’t really feel like they were able to embody enough of the feeling of FoF, so I opted to write something totally new and cram as much FoF flavor into 60 seconds as I could. The result was: “Clocca Loxodonta”.

I wanted to write something dealing with time given the nature of the time restrictions on this particular compilation. I came across a really interesting wiki article about a medieval islamic invention called the Elephant Clock and became instantly fascinated with it. I then reinterpreted an Elephant Clock to be actually a metaphor for time itself. Time is the ever trampling elephant that we, as mortals, are being crushed beneath the weight of. Our bones and cartilage deteriorating, our muscles weakening, our flesh wrinkling and sagging, and our brains losing hold over functionality as we make the descent toward old age.  I also spent some time thinking about how our emotions are affected by time and that ever-so-cliche saying: “time heals all wounds” and I immediately wanted to give that a good smack in the fucking face. Obviously it’s a nice pleasant thought, but try saying that to the person who has been letting time be their healer, while simultaneously 10 more new emotional gashes are being opened up by that same healer.

In the end, I guess what this track is really saying is that our suffering in life is unavoidable thanks to the repercussions of time, but during this time we do have the ability to make choices, and choosing a path that works for each of us is probably the most rewarding thing we can do with our lives.

Anyway, I’m quite pleased with how the song turned out and it has inspired me to write some more elephant themed material. At some point I might just have enough for a little concept EP. In the meantime, I hope you like the track and you can download the entire Gone in 60 Seconds digital compilation here.

Kisses,

JGC