Against The Grain is a 4 piece speed rock band from Detroit, MI that has made a name for themselves intheir hometown and surrounding mid west territories through their relentless touring, recording and DIYethic. Formed in 2009, the band consists of brothers Chris and Rob Nowak, Nick Bellomo, Kyle Davisand Bryan Griffin. In their short amount of existence, they’ve managed to self-release their debut albumentitled “Motor City Speed Rock” and play/tour with some of the heaviest hitters going today in theirgenre of music (i.e. Valient Thorr, Nashville P**sy, Zeke, Riverboat Gamblers, The Dwarves, Holley 750to name a few).Their latest album “Surrounded By Snakes” is a set to be released on vinyl for the first time in Summer2013 by a partnership between Self Destructo Records and Shattered Platter. The album is somewhat astep in a different direction and tempo from their debut full length “Motor City Speed Rock released inMay 2012.” While MCSR was more Mötorhead/Zeke style driven, this has more of a stoner groove edgeto it, while still maintaining the intensity of their last release. The song writing touches on subjects suchas life on the road (Get In The Van, Surrounded By Snakes), choices/paths made individually (Don’t CareWhat You Say).