With lines unseen

Taken from Rips' forthcoming self-titled debut LP. Released by Faux Discx on June 16. Pre-order here: www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/rips
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Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.

Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.

So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.

Rips

Rips – Delay

Taken from The Sticks' forthcoming tape 'Why Bother' out 02/06/17 via Faux Discx. ORDER HERE >>> http://www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/the-sticks-why-bother

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Why Bother is an unearthed, long-forgotten, and previously unreleased album that was due to see the light-of-day some years ago, by The Sticks; a Brighton institution.

A rarely spotted, but much-loved group which shares members with The Pheromoans and King Alfred Man of Leisure. They are a stripped-down garage party band, they bash drums, sway on the bass and claw at guitar - often swapping over instruments between songs live - and yelp with melodic abandon and delight. The Sticks were once dubbed as 'semi-amateur', this may be true. With cheap, unreliable equipment they manage to tease out a cacophony of crashing drums and raucous guitar melodies.

The key elements of the trio's sound are undoubtedly drawn from the rudimentary ideas found in the more inept efforts of mid-sixties teen bands such as The Chimney Sweeps and The Keggs. They then take a touch of The Raincoats, and finally dribble some comparisons with modern (ish) day equivalents The Black Lips, The Coachwhips or The Hospitals.

THE STICKS – Come Back

“Its sureness and subtlety say more than a few gauche early pullquotes” | PITCHFORK
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17355-persistent-malaise/

“The songs do this wonderful thing, where they just gnaw on you” | DAYTROTTER
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cold-pumas/20056359-37383554

“The methodically planned looseness of ‘Persistent Malaise’s constant groove is thoroughly captivating” | LOUD AND QUIET
http://www.loudandquiet.com/2012/11/cold-pumas-persistent-malaise/

“I can’t think of a better album from a British band all year” | NORMAN RECORDS
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/136796-cold-pumas-persistent-malaise

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