Indie Rockers FORTY FEET TALL Exposes the Ugly Creep Hiding Behind the Picture-Perfect Date in “BOIL” Video

“Some say rock is dead, others say it’s a forgotten fad – we say those people just aren’t listening loud enough… Formed in 2011 by a bunch of savvy teenagers from Los Angeles, the now-decade-old group are ready to showcase their refreshing brand of 2000′s-era Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age and Cage The Elephant.” –  The Noise

“Portland foursome Forty Feet Tall popped up to remind us all that rock ’n’ roll is still very much alive, despite what the recent discourse would have you believe, with the release of new album A Good Distraction. But, in the vein of Queens of the Stone Age or Arctic Monkeys, Forty Feet Tall aren’t interested in dealing in watered-down, radio-friendly rock; there’s a tinge of aggression around the edges of these songs. “Rain Machine” is a high-octane banger, while it wouldn’t be at all surprising to hear “Cavalcade” featured in the final season of Peaky Blinders.” – The Alternative

“Explosive energy and visceral waves of harmonic development are Forty Feet Tall’s artistic signature. Armed with unexpected harmonic twists and volatile rhythmic lines that run rampant over your ear drums, their tracks are reminiscent of the best of British post-punk-garage rock. With a perfect combination of fuzzy psychedelia – a tasteful tribute to Tame Impala – and catchy melodies, FFT has gifted us with dynamic, compelling progressions worthy of Queens of the Stone Age or Jack White.”  – Mundane Magazine

FORTY FEET TALL
Exposes the Ugly Creep Hiding Behind the Picture-Perfect Date in “BOIL” Video

Indie Rock Ragefest Precedes New EP
Out September 23 via Magnetic Moon

JULY 29, 2022 (Portland, OR) – “‘BOIL” started as a demo in singer Cole [Gann]’s bedroom and quickly exploded into what it is now: a forceful and rage-filled song directed at creeps and misogynists everywhere,” explains Portland-based indie rockers Forty Feet Tall about their new single. “It’s our hardest-hitting song to date and sets the tone nicely for our up-and-coming EP.” Taken from BOIL out on September 23 via Magnetic Moon, the song’s cartoonishly harrowing video directed by Sela Shiloni, plays like a horror film whose villain is a bloody zombified creep who disguises his true self before his date.

The incendiary track with Cole Gann’s lyrics and shouting vocals, “He thinks you want him cuz you looked at him once / He thinks you need him cuz you brushed his leg,” beside heavily distorted riff, catapults Forty Feet Tall in a new musical direction.  

Their upcoming EP, BOIL progresses the band forward, launching from where their previous record A Good Distraction left off. While that album was focused mainly on the effects the pandemic and the political climate had on the band, this EP harnesses the adrenaline and angst that being cooped up created.  Already an audience favorite, lead single “BOIL” starts off taut and tense, escalates quickly, and explodes a few seconds past the one-minute mark. Memorable riffs turn somersaults over relentless grooves on “Big Red Bus” and “Nic Cage.” At any moment, you may think of Archers of Loaf, the Killers, Pavement, or Pixies. Keep listening and uncover more surprises: the curious coda of dreamlike “On & On & On,” the subtle dynamics within “Chin Up.” Forty Feet Tall does not want ideas, yet their songs stay sharply focused regardless of tempo or volume.   

Starting out further down the Pacific Coast in SoCal, Forty Feet Tall began with a childhood friendship between Los Angeles natives Cole Gann (lead singer/guitar) and Jack Sehres (guitar). During their high school years, the duo’s band forged grunge, post-punk and alternative rock into its own sound. Forty Feet Tall started out small, playing a benefit to save the rainforest, but by graduation had built a following big enough to land them on stages including the Troubadour, Roxy, and the Whiskey.

College took Jack to San Francisco and Cole to Portland, but the band continued to perform even as they focused on their studies. Forty Feet Tall released a self-titled album in 2014, followed a few years later by the Red Dressed EP. Bass player Brett Marquette came aboard in 2017; later the addition of drummer Ian Kelley solidified the quartet’s formidable rhythm section. 

The band’s hard-edged, expansive sound drew attention from television and movie music supervisors. In recent years, you may have heard FFT originals on Showtime’s Shameless, several MTV spots, in the Paramount feature Drunk Wedding, and even an Arnold Schwarzenegger flick (Killing Gunther).   

BOIL
1.“Big Red Bus”
2. “Nic Cage”
3. “Chin Up”
4. “On & On & On”
5. “BOIL“

Forty Feet Tall is Cole Gann (vocals/guitar), Brett Marquette (bass) Ian Kelley (drums), and Jack Sehres (guitar). The new EP BOIL was produced by Cameron Spies (Radiation City, Night Heron), and will be released on September 23, 2022, via Magnetic Moon.  The title track and video for “BOIL” are out now.

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