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Ape Shifter to release new studio album “Monkey Business” on March 31st 2023

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January 17, 2023
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Ape Shifter Monkey Business coverSince their inception in November 2015, Ape Shifter has released two full-length albums and completed four European club tours encompassing Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and The Netherlands. They have shared the bill with Villagers of Ioannina City, Loudness, The Skull, White Cowbell Oklahoma, Baron Crane, AC/DC´s Chris Slade, and Mörglbl, among others. Festival performances have included Zytanien (main stage), Burg Herzberg Festival, OBOA, Free n Easy, ArtRock Festival, Fehmarn Open Air, Festival Kult!, and others.

On Friday, March 31st, 2023, Ape Shifter releases their third studio album “Monkey Business”.

From rockin’ 70s riffs played with punk rock ferocity to creeping metal grooves and all out bashers, Ape Shifter gives new meaning to intense simian instrumental rock from the nasty pits of the Hellabrunn Zoo.

Born on Friday the 13th in Washington, D.C. and raised in Laurel, Maryland, Jeff Aug is a cool underground guitarist who lives at the foothills of the Alps in Southern Germany for the last 20+ years. He has toured with Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Greg Howe, Stu Hamm, Albert Lee, and has performed shows with Jawbox, Shudder To Think, and Ice-T & Bodycount with his old band. He’s worked with John Stabb from Government Issue, has been touring and recording with Anne Clark for the last 20+ years, and has been touring as a solo guitarist for the last 25+ years. Jeff can also be heard on the Atari Teenage Riot album “Is This Hyperreal?” (Dim Mak Records / Digital Hardcore Records). Jeff is also a Guinness™ world record holder, setting the world record for the “most concerts performed in different countries in 24 hours” twice (2009, 2012). Filling out the line-up is bass virtuoso Florian Walter from the band Less and drummer Kurty Münch known for his stint in the German punk band Rotting Carcass.

Watch the “Mind of You” video below.

Pre-order “Monkey Business” here.

Tracklist:
1. MPU
2. Stampede
3. Misery
4. Promises of a Progressive Future
5. Ahab
6. Dregs of Doom
7. Purple
8. Cure
9. Gucci, Baby!
10. Mind of You
11. Shitkicker
12. Lying in Wait

Album credits:
Recorded in January 2022 at Sounzz in Seifen, Germany
Mixed & Mastered by Tim Hecking
Produced by Ape Shifter
Artwork, layout graphics, and cover photo by Chris Lakriz
Back cover photo by Bernd Kuhn
all compositions by Jeff Aug, arranged by Ape Shifter and published by Protozoa Music

Ape Shifter use Hipshot accessories, EVH/Charvel, Floyd Rose, D’Addario strings, Planet Waves cables, F&P, and Dunlop picks & guitar accessories. Ape Shifter wear Earebel.

European Tour Dates 2023:
31.03.2023 DE – Ulm, Jugendtreff Hexenhaus
01.04.2023 DE – Immenstadt, TimeOut Jugendhaus
02.04.2023 AT – Salzburg, Rockhouse
03.04.2023 DE – Reutlingen, FranzK
08.04.2023 DE – Annaberg-Buchholz, Alte Brauerei
13.04.2023 AT – Graz, WAK
14.04.2023 HR – Zagreb, TBA
15.04.2023 SI – Ljbujlana, Channel Zero
21.04.2023 DE – Heilbronn, Emma23
22.04.2023 DE – Karlsruhe, KoHi

Weblinks:
www.ape-shifter.com
www.facebook.com/apeshifter

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