Arctic Death is the product of many needs left unfulfilled. The subtle simplicity of early Rock & Roll has been replaced by decades of over-compensation. Steven Floyd and brothers John and Harrison Crook found the musical solution over months of all-night sessions. Insomnia and records from the fifties fueled a binge of creativity and burning tube amplifiers. What remained was a handful of shining Rock & Roll songs and a fresh ideology. The band agreed on a simple Mission Statement: "Arctic Death is a grassroots effort with no greater objective than to be a vessel for the most pure of human desires - to be. The music is just a simple product of its environment. There is no pretense, no enigmatic intention, and definitely no prophetic rock & roll narcissism. Arctic Death believes in the beauty of human kindness, and the harsh hand of karma. The fierce drive to create and perform is no illusion, nor is the DIY ethic that the band will always rely upon. The music’s value and its growth are based on the knowledge that nothing would fulfill or enrich to any relative degree like it already has. That being said, Arctic Death’s message is simple: We are alive, and you are alive. Relish in it!" With their first show in March of 2010 came a slew of demos. Recording, pressing, and distributing the records hand-to-hand was the obvious choice. The band dropped their first official release with their self-titled EP in August of the same year. The record quickly spread throughout the underground with the help of blogs and compilations. In the following months the band shared the stage with such acts as Tokyo Police Club, Wavves, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Lemuria, etc. Arctic Death is proving to be one of the most exciting young indie rock bands of 2011. The bands debut full-length is slated to be released on July 5th, 2011 on Susquehanna Records.
