from the forthcoming album 'Disconnect' out September 3 via In The Red Records.

Siren (single)

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Rot Foot

After spending the bulk of the past year on the road in support of last November's excellent "Sports" LP on Slumberland Records, Weekend have also been hard at work on their followup record. Prior to their European tour in July, the band spent three weeks in the studio with producer Monte Vallier crafting their new EP, simply titled "Red." Prepare yourself for yet another gorgeous, violent sonic assault, because this EP packs a serious punch.

Opener "Sweet Sixteen" is mesmerizing grind, stately bass and drums underpinned by soaring vocals and echoed shards of guitar feedback and plucked notes. This leads directly into the noise-pop gem that is "Hazel" -- 3:50 of cascading bass chords, guitar clangor and a melody and chorus most pop bands would kill for. Amazing. "Your Own Nothing" is clattering piece of post-punk, spiked with layers of guitar noise and a dubbed-out atmosphere. 

"The One You Want" is a rather more straight-forward tune in the manner of "Hazel" and further proof that Weekend can craft melodies just as well as they can innovate with guitar textures and dazzle with sonic overload. The EP concludes with "Golfers," a song that downshifts into an extended minimal intro before building to a gorgeous crescendo of rumbling drums, chiming/fizzing guitars and as always that unerring sense of melody that Weekend always have in even the most noise-laden tunes.

"Red" is an excellent EP that packs more ideas into 5 songs than a lot of bands do into a whole record, and points the way forward towards Weekend's next long-player, due in 2012. Be sure to catch them on tour throughout September with Talk Normal.


Weekend - Hazel

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Starvation

The new single from Pure X's forthcoming LP, "Crawling up the stairs", available May 14 2013
on Acephale records in North America and Merok records in Europe and the United Kingdom

North American LP Pre-order: http://acephale.bigcartel.com/

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

05/03 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
05/04 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
05/07 – Toronto – The Silver Dollar
05/08 – Montreal – Lambi
05/10 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
05/11 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
05/12 – Hamden, CT – Outer Space
05/14 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
05/15 – Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent Avenue
05/16 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
05/17 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
05/18 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
05/20 – Oxford, MS – Lamar Lounge
05/21 – New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
05/23 – Austin, TX – Holy Mountain
05/24 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s (w/ Black Angels)
05/25 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater (w/ Black Angels)
05/26 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit (w/ Black Angels)

Pure X -  www.Mellowthrasher.tumblr.com
Facebook: ww.facebook.com/purextx

Things in my Head

"The World On Drugs" appears on Deep Trip, Out Now

CD/LP- http://bit.ly/1VAc8pm
iTunes- http://hyperurl.co/DeepTrip

Website:  http://www.ascetism.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/destructionunitofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsceticHouse


TOUR DATES: http://bit.ly/1QMFQkI

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