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Scraping Genius Off The Wheel

THE MOST IMPORTANT METAL RELEASE OF 2010?

 Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 1:00pm by

Now that I’ve passed off my Best of 2009 list to Axl and Vince, I can now thankfully move on to thinking about what’s to come in 2010. After many agonizing years of legal wrangling, Close Calls With Brick Walls, Andrew W.K.’s follow up to The Wolf, will at last see a proper stateside release via the artist’s Skyscraper Music Maker imprint. Due out February 23rd, 2010, the album was originally limited to a Japanese edition in 2006, followed up by a limited vinyl run the subsequent year. Promising track titles include “I Want To See You Go Wild”, “Slam John Against A Brick Wall”, and “Not Going To Bed”. Now, once and for all, everyone will finally have a chance to hear what Andrew W.K. has long wanted to share with us…

BUT WAIT! There’s more…


The above video clip, posted earlier today on his Twitter account, announced that Close Calls With Brick Walls will have a companion album entitled Mother of Mankind. featuring 21 “rare and unreleased” tracks. GAD-ZOOKS!


Then, on February 19, a few days prior to this major release date, Andrew W.K. has scheduled a Q&A session at his Santos Party Haus nightclub. Dubbed “an intimate evening of unpredictable performance,” the description of what is sure to be an unforgettable event is as follows:

Due to an overwhelming amount of questions regarding his career, his past, and his future, Santos Party House co-owner, Andrew W.K., has decided to offer himself to the people of New York City, for an evening of totally open inquiry. This is a chance to ask Andrew anything, and he’ll certainly do his best to answer everything. Have your questions in mind and come on down to This is a one-night-only event sure to get the PARTY going HARD!

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I could be more excited about all this if I tried. One thing is for sure: FEBRUARY IS GONNA BE ONE LONG PARTY!

-GS

[Gary Suarez got to do it. He manages the consistently off-topic No Yoko No. Say, why don't you follow him on Twitter?]

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  • Nigel McCloud

    Fucking excellent!

  • http://www.fuckoffmyself.blogspot.com Jedsan

    Close calls was a pretty boring album IMO. The Wolf was awesome though, as well as I Get Wet.

  • Roger

    This is a joke right?

    • RockOutWithMy…YouKnow

      You must be new here. I’m just amazed Suarez got his hand out of his pants long enough to actually write this.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michel-Giroux-Burroughs/574086565 Michel Giroux-Burroughs

        + an 8 on its side

  • http://www.myspace.com/adamfuckingrahn Adam Fucking Rahn

    I don’t really say much here, but I had to speak up.
    Close calls with Brick Walls is definitely one of the best releases of the past 10/20/30/whoknowshowmany years.
    It’s an incredibly unique rock and fucking roll experience.

    • builtforsin

      MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward-Wilfred/100000007099811 Edward Wilfred

    Sigh and Opeth anyone?

    • I’m not racst, but I hate Oceano

      World of Warcraft and Loneliness anyone?

      • http://www.last.fm/user/M60Patton Patton

        LFM DPS for Heroic Naxx 25.

        • Sin and Death

          ?

  • Spanky

    FUCK YES!!

  • andy morales

    now maybe he’ll quit that show on cartoon network

  • WolfAmongSheep

    Gay

  • Sin and Death

    Walking alone in the desert is pretty metal…

  • Mike

    Gary should start writing for blabbermouth because that’s where his writing beongs

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Brown/537636633 Keith Brown

    Ha, in your face gary, I’ve had that for a year now on vinyl (thank you amoeba San Francisco!)

    • Malacoda

      I hate Amoeba SF to be honest – the selection is good, if you like random underground blackened death metal etc. Go to Rasputin – way better.

      • heavy metal

        Fuck yeah Rasputin

  • Malacoda

    I vote Nekrogoblikon for most important release of ’10.

  • Baldish

    What is the big deal about Andrew WK? Just sounds like another band trying to sound 80s

    • http://www.myspace.com/adamfuckingrahn Adam Fucking Rahn

      close calls… is like if you stacked the 80s on top of itself.

      • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

        That is such a sweet description, Adam. Now I’m even more excited!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jake-Ryan/596440962 Jake Ryan

    STOP FUCKING WRITING ABOUT ANDREW WK

  • OoB3ASTIALoO

    party. . . . that is all

  • OliFant

    “I Get Wet” was brilliant. “The Wolf” featured some pretty good songs. “Close Calls with Brick Walls” just sucks. A lot.

  • Tyler

    I cannot for the life of me figure out why so many people compare AWK (mainly I get wet) to something from the 80′s.
    I Get Wet sounds like The Dictators crossed with Slade in a 100 track studio and stripped to the core, fed back with lyrics that sound like a Motivational speech.
    I think a big reason why so many people dislike AWK is because his message is so obvious, it tends to come off as meaningless and dumb. Anybody who thinks this couldn’t be more confused.

    There’s an extremely important message on I Get Wet. It’s without a doubt the most philosophical record I’ve ever heard. It’s so deep, that there’s nothing deep about it. It’s a message that’s right infront of us. Partying isn’t getting wasted and acting like a douche. Partying simply means celebrating life, which is exactly what I Get Wet is about.