Five songs recorded in Los Angeles for KXLU's Part-Time Punks show (kind of like a Peel Session) in a single day (and often a single take) by Josiah Mazzaschi at the Cave Studio. 

The Big Takeover magazine's best singles/EPs for 2019. 
The Big Takeover 84, #27 on Jack's Top 40: 
"Bands are releasing their LA "Part Time Punks" radio sessions, and like BBC Sessions, they open windows to quasi-live crunch, only with studio sound. Consequently, this EP becomes the go-to for this Seattle four, eclipsing their fine 2010 debut "Empty Words Fill Lonely Spaces" as C'est La Mort and 2017 self-titled LP. Fotoform's design is still a riot of '80s postpunk, like our Independent Project (For Against, Shiva Burlesque, Red Temple Spirits, Savage Republic) and English 4AD/factory heights. But holy [insert expletive], they sound bigger, louder, more exciting, and insistent! Female singer/bassist Kim House sounds as forlornly powerful as For Against's Jeffrey Runnings circa "Amen Yves," and Geoffrey Cox's and Stephen Jones' windy, shimmering sparkling guitars are as mesmerizing as Choir Invisible's Thames Sinclair or Pale Saint's Graeme Naysmith. All five cuts – including a CLM track and one from Jones' old Red Martian – are so hot, they should return to the Cave with Josiah Mazzaschi and make more." - Jack Rabid
credits
released April 12, 2019 

Kim House – bass, vocals 
Geoffrey Cox – guitar 
Garrett Croxon – drums 
Stephen Jones – guitar, vocals 

Recorded on a late summer afternoon by Josiah Mazzaschi at The Cave Studio, Los Angeles. 
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering, Seattle. 
Design by Kara Mia Fenoglietto. 
Thanks to: Part Time Punks, Michael Stock, Josiah Mazzaschi, Cheryl Waters and everyone at KEXP, Jack Rabid, The Prids, friends and bands and friends in bands around the world. 

All songs by Fotoform. Words by Kim. All rights reserved. (p) Pitch a lily music (ASCAP) 2019 
“Collapse” originally by C’est la Mort. Words by Kim, music by Kim, Geoff, Karyn, Kirstin. 
“Use” originally by Red Martian. Words and music by Stephen “no, not Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols” Jones.
all rights reserved

Part Time Punks Session

In Winter

On December 31, 2022, Jeremiah Green, drummer and co-founder of Modest Mouse, died in Sequim, WA, from cancer.

On January 4th, KEXP DJ Marco Collins was joined on the air by Jeremiah's brother, Adam, for a rememberance of Jeremiah's life and music. 

PHOTO BY MATTHEW B. THOMPSON

KEXP's Marco Collins pays tribute to Jeremiah Green Tribute of Modest Mouse

This week, I speak with Kim and Geoff of the Seattle-based band Fotoform. Previously known as C'est la mort, this was their first interview under the new name. Dig it!

Fotoform Interview

Seattle shoegaze/dreampop/darkwave/indie band. 


"... a Joy Division/Siouxsie/Sound/Sad Lovers & Giants/Cocteau Twins stew that hasn’t lost any evocative power. With their Peter Hook/Pornography Cure bass, cascading pre-shoegaze guitar shivers, challenging rhythmic complexity, and the lissome, downy-tones of female singer Kim House, this a stimulating band 4AD, Factory, Static, or Korova could have signed." - Jack Rabid, Big Takeover, Jack's top 40 + top albums of 2017

In Winter

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