“The velocity of an anvil on a coyote’s head” – Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) “The diamond prize: simple, beautiful, clarity” – D. Randall Blythe (Lamb of God) “A poetic rhythm that translates like a quality conversation…over a stiff drink at a bar” – knotfest.com How old are you now? Dying Comes With Age is the debut album by writer Ryan Kent. The LP (via Rare Bird Books) is one uncanny bastard; pulling dark gospel from the genres of spoken word, blues, stoner rock, goth, metal, and folk. If you tossed Ryan Kent into a police line-up with Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Mark Lanegan, and Tom Waits; all anyone would ask is which one of them is the killer? This is the album all you crooks have waited for. COVID brought people together in the wildest of ways. Surprise! Featuring howling wolves like Randy Blythe (Lamb of God), Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod/Down), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Laura Pleasants (Kylesa), and Eugene S. Robinson (OxBow/Bunuel) only drives the message home: No one anywhere is making anything like this. Peter Dolving (ex-The Haunted) said, “I felt at home. An actual voice. An actual story. An actual vessel.” Who is Ryan Kent? Ryan Kent is the author of Poems For Dead People, This Is Why I Am Insane (BIGWRK), Hit Me When I’m Pretty (BIGWRK), and the forthcoming Everything Is On Fire: Selected Poems 2014-2021 (Rare Bird). He is the coauthor of two collections of poetry (w/ Brett Lloyd), Tomorrow Ruined Today, Some Of Us Love You (both by Rare Bird), along with a yet-to-be-titled third coauthored collection with Lloyd (also to be released by Rare Bird). He is currently a staff writer for RVA Magazine and sang in the heavy metal band Gritter from 2008-2018 in Richmond, VA. Ryan maintains a pack-a-day habit. Dying Comes With Age album info: All lyrics written by Ryan Kent Players: Ryan Kent Jimmy Bower: Eyehategod/Down Laura Pleasants: Kylesa/ The Discussion Chris Farmer: Breadwinner / Dust D. Randall Blythe: Lamb of God Eugene S. Robinson: OxBow / Bunuel Dorthia Cottrell: Windhand Mike IX Williams: Eyehategod / Corrections House Adam Kravitz: Gritter / Future Projektor Track Listing: 1. Son Of A Bitch (w/ Jimmy Bower and Laura Pleasants) 2. All The Others Were Just Years (Laura Pleasants) 3. I Know What Love Is (w/ Jimmy Bower) 4. Goodbye Fella (D. Randall Blythe) 5. I’ll Take The Usual (w/ Jimmy Bower, Adam Kravitz, Chris Farmer) 6. Message From Someone Going Somewhere With Someone Else Who Is Going Somewhere (w/ Jimmy Bower) 7. Couch Time (w/ Laura Pleasants) 8. The Lurch (Eugene S. Robinson) 9. Dying Comes With Age (w/ Chris Farmer) 10. My Blue Heaven (Dorthia Cottrell) 11. Bring Me My Monster (w/ Jimmy Bower) 12. Cigarettes Roll Away The Time (Mike IX Williams) Listen / Watch |