Soldiers of Fortune – Sleeping Sentinel
January 24, 2011
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Soldiers of Fortune have been a band in the making from as far back as 2004. Originally founded by Marc Moore of Cat Power, Pat Sullivan and Kid Millions of Oneida, and Brad Truax among others, the band took a huge blow with Moore’s tragic van accident. But after enlisting guitarist Mike Bones with contributions from Matt Sweeney of Chavez and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, plus members of Awesome Color and Endless Boogie, the tragedy didn’t result in the end of the band.
So after long delay, Soldiers are set to release their debut, Ball Strenth, from Mexican Summer on 12″ wax and digital too. Check out the psych-jam headbanger “Sleeping Sentinel”:
Soldiers of Fortune – Sleeping Sentinel
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[...] Soldiers of Fortune celebrate the release of their debut Mexican Summer 12” at Zebulon in Brooklyn tomorrow. In the post below, we premiere Ball Strenth in its entirety—nearly 40 minutes of groove-riding rock, spread over just four tracks—along with commentary from band members Kid Millions, Matt Sweeney, Brad Truax, and the one they call Crazee… [...]