The Nashville Scene thought we had one of the top five album-oriented rock records of 2008 along with Ghostfinger and The Features.  Check it...

http://www.nashvillescene.com/2009-01-01/news/from-paramore-to-the-protomen-kanye-to-cream-2008-was-another-memorable-year-in-nashville/4


Thanks Matt,

Evil Bebos

Rock Sound Magazine in the UK named "The Dead Language" #58 of the top 75 albums of 2008.  Check out some of the other great artists on the list and their great records...

http://www.rocksound.tv/blog/entry/top-75-albums-of-2008


Thanks Darren,

Evil Bebos

Ascent of Everest and Evil Bebos: Deafening Ambience


A decent-sized crowd crawled out of the depths of a stifling Murfreesboro summer to see The Ascent of Everest, Irepress and Evil Bebos play Thursday, July 3 at Wall Street. After what I was told was a two-hour sound check, Ascent of Everest took the stage. AOE played in front of a white sheet with what looked like shaky images from a home-recorded video (the lighting was bad, so I can't be certain). From the crowd the set looked like controlled chaos, but the sound that came out makes it is obvious that it was well-rehearsed and carefully orchestrated. The band has six members—two guitars, bass, drums, violin, cello and keys are all represented. Although it is apparent that AOE is heavily influenced by Sigur Ros, they are also not afraid to play heavy at times.

The night grew louder as Boston based Irepress took the stage. Sounding like something of a mix between Mastadon and The Appleseed Cast, Irepress served as a sort of gateway between AOE and Evil Bebos. As my eyes grew tired and my ears were being pushed to the limit, noise rockers Evil Bebos went on. I was not sure what to expect after hearing the songs on their Myspace page, but I was pleasantly surprised by the live show they put on. Devin and Chris from AOE pulled double duty as (they are also members of Evil Bebos). Beards and hair flew everywhere as growling vocals rumbled throughout Wall Street. Technical guitar work, swirling synth sounds and bass that could make your heart stop all added up to a pleasant first experience with Evil Bebos. Evil Bebos will be playing The Muse on July 19. -Jason Goucher

Photo by Jeff Ehlinger
Published on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:25:40

evil bebos is featured in the may 2008 issue of rocksound magazine alongside many other great bands. i took the liberty of sniping some clips for those that might be interested in seeing it as it a little difficult to find in the US.

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CD Review: Evil Bebos, The Dead Language
Bracken Mayo 17.APR.08
Rating: 3.5 Pulses (out of 4)

The latest offering to the hard rock gods from Murfreesboro's Evil Bebos could not exactly be considered "ear-friendly" as mainstream radio would define it. The songs meander and cycle around themes for eight, or even 13, minutes. Overall, vocals are somewhat sparse, and when they do occur are a heavy metal-like growl. "A wash of noise" could describe more sections than "a melody you want to sing or hum with." Not that any of these observations are bad things, getting lost in the spacey instrumental passages are the best thing about the work, the heaviness reflects the artists' emotion and passion and "Cronus," its longest track, may be its best.

The music, while loud and distorted, can neither be confined to the metal genre, popularly speaking. It's more defined by gradually evolving jams than the blistering solos, abrupt changes and flashiness that typically define metal. The beauty in The Dead Language is found in the subtleties, the slow evolution of the compositions: a slight change in the drum part from measure to measure, or a sustained, heavily effected note from a guitar.

The record, which draws heavily from Greek mythology, opens with "From Caves Mouth," which waits only four spacy, effected notes to delve into some extreme growling vocals. This could actually scare off some listeners more interested in the more phsychedelic, lengthy instrumental passages than the screaming, but the record certainly starts out with a bang.

Sharing some members with Ascent of Everest, the common personel shows. Both groups bring a refreshing artistic honesty to the table—a collection of musicians aiming for an overall effect that truly captures the listener, not individual virtuosity.

Listening to a song on The Dead Language is like walking down the wooded trail in the "Lord of the Rings" movie, you know, the one that moves and breathes as the spooky looking trees hang overhead. It's a long, dark and intense journey, you're not quite sure where it's going, but it appears so trippy and intriguing you can't resist exploring and focusing on it with all of your attention.

It's a lot of crunch, a lot of noise, a lot of evil.

Evil Bebos will hold a CD release event Thursday, April 17, at the Walnut House.

Evil Bebos is ready to bring the noise
Murfreesboro Pulse
Valerie Nutt 03.APR.08


Evil Bebos want to reintroduce you to the genre where louder is better, and you’re not supposed to understand what the hell the lead singer is saying.

With a name like Evil Bebos, this Murfreesboro quintet might slip under the radar and wind up on a metal show bill at Rocketown.

And while the boys might have a good time observing all the purist metal and banging their heads, their brand of high-brow metal, mixing classical composition sensibilities and psychedelic influences with their base need to rock hard, might make some metal heads stop and stare.

"I think one of the things that is a little strange about us, is that we aren’t really metal heads, but we play heavy music," admits drummer Jeff Ehlinger. "We are artsy kids who are trying to imitate metal music."

That journey takes listeners through thick, rich, hard highs and the most pared down lows, where often a single sound succeeds in sustaining a song long enough for the band to whip it up again into an audible fury.

Evil Bebos is Chris Click (guitar/bass and vocals), Jeff Ehlinger (drums), Devin Lamp (synthesizer and noise), Rob McKinney (guitar and vocals) and Corey Taylor (bass/guitar and vocals), a group of local fellas who have managed to build quite the reputation through endeavors like Sauce Juice, an artistic collective that fosters some of Murfreesboro and Nashville’s more ground-breaking musical acts (The Ascent of Everest, Baby Teeth Thieves, Dead Hippies and Core of the Coleman).

Their paths crossed while attending school and carrying out the age-old tradition of playing in local bands here in Murfreesboro. Their name came from a plant eating dog they met in local blues man and party animal Mad Dog Johnson’s kitchen.

"We started jamming in our living room about two years ago. We started playing shows before we even had music, so we just made it up as we went along," Ehlinger said. "I was hoping for more of a noise band thing, but it developed into the beast that it is today, and we couldn’t be happier."

Between sessions of serious musicianship, that just happened to include banging their heads, Evil Bebos also dabbled in social experimentation when members lived in the notorious Acid Living Room, a house venue which succeeded the Neat Pizza house as a platform for musical exposition and extrapolation.

"It was a really creative environment with tons of music, interesting food, new art, and strange people," Ehlinger said.

More recent endeavors include the release of the album The Dead Language, a post-rock metal album loosely organized around themes of Greek mythology and paranoia, produced with the help of Jason Dietz, officially set for release on April 15.

Their supporting tour included a March date at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

"We had about 150-200 people at our show, which is the most people we have ever played for," Ehlinger said. "The Vice President of the South by Southwest festival showed up at our show, and she was impressed enough to invite us back anytime we wanted to come."

Evil Bebos will be in Murfreesboro celebrating the release of The Dead Language April 17 at The Walnut House. In May the band will take their experimental music on the road for a series of East coast live shows. They are currently negotiating a deal with MTSU’s Scared Rabbit Records.

Find out more about Evil Bebos at evilbebos.com.

The Spin - Down with the Sickness
By: Seth Graves

A motley crew of gentlemen of varying heights, widths and facial hair creativity calling themselves Evil Bebos soon followed. Bebos stormed into a plundering death march of a number, during which their keyboardist—recognized as Ascent of Everest’s Devin Lamp—suffered an unfortunate mishap: the table supporting his complicated matrix of electronic gadgetry capsized, sending the whole mess tumbling onto the stage. He miraculously managed to recover a signal by the end of the song, scrapping the table and making a spot for himself at ground level. The band transcended plodding metal-esque riffs and ventured into more visceral and ominous territory using elements of noise and faint hints of melody before diving back into a raging, guttural stupor—a pattern that repeated throughout the set with outstanding results.

For full article go to: http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Music/2008/01/24/The_Spin/

Edge of the Radar
Who to dig in ’08 from the Nashville underground

Comprised largely of members from the ambiguously long-dormant or broken-up Ascent of Everest, Evil Bebos doesn’t reach for the soaring heights that their predecessor attempted to grasp. Instead, the Bebos shake foundations with rumbling lows and crushing riffs. The post-rock mentality of AOE is still present, but this time around, the sprawl is wedded with the heaviness of bands like Neurosis and more recent metalgaze of acts such as Jesu. RIYL: Neurosis, Isis, Boris

Find the full article here: http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Music/2008/02/07/Edge_of_the_Radar/

Evil Bebos turns psychedelic into metal
By KAREN KRAFT
kkraft@dnj.com

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If you are a head-banging fanatic or have a taste for mood-inspired instrumental introductions, have no fear coming to an Evil Bebos show. They have a custom of bouncing their heads and straining their necks to the music, but for those of you not wanting searing neck pain the next morning, have a look at the artwork displayed through a projector during the performance.

"We try to exert ourselves and make everything new and fresh, not just the music. We want (the crowd) to have a visual experience as well," said Rob McKinney, guitarist and vocalist.

Evil Bebos’ attempts at surreal and unique experiences are ever changing and intriguing to say the least. They are ambitious with lengthy songs that focus on the instrumentation and musical aspect, rather than the lyrics and vocals. Just about everyone in the band is a classically trained musician, so there is plenty of room for experimentation with noises and sounds.

"We all bring a lot of different influences to the table, some bring more metal and some bring more noise and electronic music to the band," said Devin Lamp, aka noise specialist for the band.

Their newest album, "The Dead Language," set to be out March 25, is based on ancient Greek mythology and the culture of that period. It challenges people to reconsider metal. Much of their music is psychedelic in nature entwined with a metal influence that rides the edge of psychedelic experiences and explores the paranoia that goes along with it.

"It is something they (our fans) have never seen. It will make people who don’t like metal really like it," said Lamp.

"We can go from the most beautiful sounds to the most heavy peaks and troughs of music. There are a lot more emotions on the table than just anger. It is also a sense of weakness or justice; there is so much more than misdirected anger," said Lamb.

Evil Bebos is heading to Austin, Texas, in March to play the well-known music festival South by Southwest. They are extremely excited about the opportunity to play in the lineup and are busy working on new material and trying out new things. But before they arrive in Austin, they are bringing their psychedelic music and experimental noise to the stage at Wall Street Saturday night in the ’Boro.

For full article go to: http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/WEEKEND04/803060318

We played it. It rocked. 200 people saw us. 100 more people have our record. We are very happy because of this. Just can’t wait for SXSW 2009!