[Cover photo credit to Monique Robert]

Seattle-based Johnny Nails is involved in the city’s Rock, Jazz, and underground scenes. On Savor The Blood, his new LP recently released via Killroom Records, Nails presents a “love letter to the craft.”

Tracked mid-pandemic with “a no-fuss, first-take”, the album combines Psych Rock, heavy guitar, and “personal vignettes.”

A multi-instrumentalist endorsed by Gibson, Johnny Nails, aka Ryan Leyva, has been a mentor to Seattle Theater Group for two decades, as well as touring widely, but his favorite place is in the studio. You can hear that on recent single, “Taking Tea with Crowley,” where the band went with a single take.

Nails is backed by a lineup of Andy King (drums), Aldo Galatioto (guitars), Mike Sparks (bass), Billy Stover (keys), with Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus The Bear) engineering and mixing, and mastering by Ed Brooks. The LP also features album art by Radjaw and photography by Monique Robert.

Seattle fans can catch Johnny Nails at The Sunset Tavern on August 30th, and promises that if you come to the show, “You’re in for a ride.”