Zechs Marquise, the El Paso, TX quintet are back with their sophomore album
Getting Paid, bringing an intensified swagger to the band's multifaceted psych-prog haze for their most aggressive and versatile effort to date.
"We liked that hip-hop attitude," explains drummer Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez of the album title.
"Getting your piece, taking yours." And,
Getting Paid certainly finds the band fully taking charge of their musical destiny.
In the years since their auspicious 2009 debut
Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, Zechs Marquise toured extensively throughout the US, proving to be a formidable live act supporting Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group and RX Bandits as well as leading their own headlining tours. Zechs Marquise have also grown considerably in other ways. Recent addition Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez on keyboards and trumpet joins his brothers, drummer Marcel and bassist Marfred alongside guitarists Matthew Wilkson and Marcos Smith contributing to the band's expanded sound. Not only have they reached new plateaus of entrancing riffs and rhythms, but
Getting Paid also integrates vocals on select songs, including guest performances by vocalist/guitarist Matthew Embree (RX Bandits, The Sound Of Animals Fighting) and El Paso singer Sonny Baker.
The album was entirely produced and engineered by Marcel.
"We started off recording percussion to sequencers and loops," he explains.
"I chopped those sounds up and arranged them. From there, were wrote the album with each of us coming in and playing on top of it. Kind of like a hip-hop song." Considering the hectic tour schedules of both Zechs Marquise and
The Mars Volta (in which Marcel plays keyboards and percussion), the band was forced to work on the album over an extended period of time in between both band's tours.
"It gave us a lot of time to get perspective on the songs," Marfred says.
"We're really happy with and proud of this record."Getting Paid will be available everywhere on LP/CD/digital on September 27 through
Rodriguez Lopez Productions via
Sargent House.
