LAUGHING HYENAS - You Can't Pray A Lie LP Experimental And Farewell To Hightide combined

And Farewell To Hightide combined the group’s unique command of patient anticipation with a significantly expanded musical palette and a refined musicianship

Comma finds Sam Prekop for the first time working extensively with beat programming

Despite the deceptively congenial presentation

This latter work remains one of the group’s most miasmic and mind-expanding creations

Having played in the shadows for other artists such as Milton Nascimento

LAUGHING HYENAS - You Can't Pray A Lie LP Experimental And Farewell To Hightide combinedWith their roots firmly planted in Detroits Cass Corridor punk rock and hardcore scene of the early 80s, John Brannon (Negative Approach) and Larissa Strickland (L Seven), along with the locked in rhythm section of Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball, the Laughing Hyenas took it to a completely different plane. Taking pointers from The Birthday Party and Funhouse era Stooges as well as early blues and jazz artists, the Laughing Hyenas were a fierce,