The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza To Release Final Album In October, Debut New Song “You Won’t”
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza‘s long-awaited album “Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega” has been given an October 23rd release date by Black Market Records. According to the press release, the effort will be the final album from the group.
An excerpt from that PR regarding the effort can be found below:
“For the fourth and final album, Danza IIII (think tally marks, not Roman numerals), we find a stripped-down Danza, consisting solely of core members Jessie Freeland and Josh Travis. With Freeland manning the vocals as always, this time with even more vitriol than ever, the virtuoso Travis is responsible for all other instrumentation on the album. The result: the most musical and bloodlettingly honest work ever to bear the Danza name. With a decade-long legacy behind them, Freeland and Travis have delivered what will serve as an incredible last will and testament for their band.
Travis, now a full-time member of Glass Cloud with former Of Mice & Men frontman Jerry Roush, made this comment about Danza IIII:
“For this album, Jessie and I were looking to create more of a visceral vibe than a completely technical vibe. There’s parts that do still get a bit chaotic of course, but not nearly as much as the avid listener is used to. Everything about this record is way more to the point, with much more heart put into it rather than just seeing how many notes could be thrown into a part or seeking to create ‘the heaviest shit ever’ or any of that nonsense. The record being titled The Alpha – The Omega, to us symbolized the beginning and the end of Danza. Jessie and I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it for you all.”
Danza IIII contains guest vocal appearances by Whitechapel‘s Phil Bozeman and Obey the Brave/Despised Icon‘s Alex Erian. The album was engineered and mixed by Nicholas Scott (Miss May I). The artwork was created by Michael J. Windsor, known for his work with The Red Chord and Pig Destroyer, and for his book covers for bestsellers like The Da Vinci Code and Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
Black Market Activities‘ release of Danza IIII consists of super-limited CD and vinyl pressings. The CD package contains a 16-page booklet; the vinyl version is comprised of an LP and an additional 7″.”
Pre-orders and a new song from the effort titled “You Won’t” are currently available at Indiemerch.com.
COMMENTS
I have higher hopes for this than Danza:III. The albums before were, dirtier, I guess. More groove and southern style. Last one was much more tech.
It’ll probably be the more tech side, seeing how things changed with JT. I love em all in their way, but I’m sort of crestfallen this is the last Danza.
The first time I heard this today I was sober, and it caved my skull in..second time around I’m a bit inebriated and it’s even better. The guitar harmonies are so dirty, but they fit so damn well. Long live Danza, even if it is their last CD.
Josh Travis is one of my favourite metal guitarists. No matter what he does it always sounds heavy.. Even on the most melodic parts on the Glass Cloud album, you can still hear that big, fat guitar roaring in the background..
Sad that this will be Danza’s last album.
Saw these guys in a shitty bar in Murfreesboro a long time ago. Great live show and Jesse was freaking hilarious. I remember that dude when he was in a nu-metal band as the “programmer” and I never thought he would do something as good as Danza. He’s come a ling way – good for him.
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