THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Chris Goss is one of the elusive geniuses of American music. As the singer, guitarist and driving force behind Masters Of Reality, he’s spent decades charting his own musical course, travelling from mystical blues to desert rock to psychedelia-edged beauty via all points between.
Goss has positioned himself as one of the most important and influential producers of the last 30 years. The list of bands and artists he has worked with in that capacity is long and illustrious: Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, Foo Fighters, The Cult, UNKLE, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, former Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, even Hollywood star Russell Crowe. He’s the connective tissue which links a wealth of modern music.
“The archer is whoever one perceives as their invisible ruler of fate,” explains Goss, explaining the title and concept of his latest release. “Often, the archer is very visible to those who pay attention. Maybe some even think he is the dictatorial god. Or even a conjured entity. But all can agree that the archer has impeccable skill at hitting the target.”
Masters Of Reality remain in a perpetual evolution. “This album intentionally broke away from the heavier riff rock that we dominated for over three decades,” he says. “The ‘stoner and desert rock’ riffing was a reason for Masters Of Reality to break away on this record and present our blues in a different light for a minute. Blues isn’t a three-chord riff progression. It’s life itself. I can easily provide a thousand heavy riffs at the drop of a dime. But I dare any self-proclaimed heavy-riff band to have the balls to throw the curve ball that we’ve thrown with this album.”
