Vinyl versions are limited to 100 copies The Lancashire based quartet follow their recent UK tour with Orange Goblin with 7 tracks that see them taking a step away from the stoner-doom label they were tagged with. Vocalist David Rowlands explains, "Myself and John (guitarist) had loads of ideas for riffs and basic structures however when we entered the jam room with these ideas and the four of us put our heads together it started growing and growing. I feel this record reflects more of our personal influences from Darkthrone to Elder, Orange Goblin to Uada. Musically I feel it's a step away from the 'stoner doom' label we found ourselves with, something we've never considered ourselves to be, in our eyes we're a heavy metal, rock n roll band who listen to a fair bit of Black Metal and Punk. This is really reflecting in the songs on this record from ferocious black metal kicking your head in to chilled psyched out bits that make you feel like you're fucking floating or something." Formed in late 2013 Pist have since released an EP and album chock-full of NOLA-influenced, Southern-tinged heavy rock whilst traveling the UK playing gigs, festivals and drinking beer. Both long out of print on CD, APF re-released 2014's "Riffology" EP and 2015's "Rhythm & Booze" album on one disc under the title "68 OFO" in March 2018 with new artwork by Dominic Sohor. As with their debut EP and previous album, 'Hailz' was recorded with Chris Fielding (Conan, Witchsorrow, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard), this time over at Foel studio. Lyrically David felt more prepared to deal with the serious themes heading into this recording session adding, "I tend to scribble things down either on my note pad or my phone then once we have the music and structure sorted I started crafting these notes in to lyrics. Lyrically the record deals with loss, a very close friend of ours committed suicide as we were writing the record so that has reflected heavily on this record. The name 'Hailz' is one of the ways he used to sign off when we'd talk. The lyrics also deal with hatred, personal circumstances, the state of the world around us, horror and disgust and a host of lovely shit like that. "A compact amalgamation of razor riffs played along a fuzzy metallic edge, pounding drums, and a screaming vocalist that wants to rip your face apart while at the same time pouring a beer down your neck and partying till dawn" - HEAVY PLANET -
