DBC channeling Roxy and JB in the back room of the Parkside Lounge.
Live to stereo Tascam  recorder.

Paddy Boom - Drums, Fernando Avila - Bass, Mark Bannayan - Guitar, Dieter Krieg - Synth

Taking Off

Oh You'll Never Believe It

From an upcoming album - Motorman

Fernando Avila - Guitar, Synth, Tapes
James Apt - Bass
Paddy Boom - Drums

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Marquee Moon/Adventure/Live At The Waldorf [The Complete Elektra Recordings Plus Liner Notes]

Friction (Alternate Version)

Heavy instrumental tune with a very big groove. Dalius Naujokaitis - drums, Aaron Keane - bass, Mark Bannayan - guitar, Fernando Avila - guitar, tapes.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6NoTWltPZA2sLXBw6iEJT3?si=oNzdxl8eSZqMTMhlMnPlOQ

Rawkus

Existential Gospel from our album Blue Rain.
Featuring Jessica Jerez - vocals, Dalius Naujokaitis - drums, Aaron Keane - bass, Mark Bannayan - guitar, Fernando Avila - guitar, vocals.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4015OSQuWFpy1QGkAJH28m?si=_8bpm5ZjQASPkVumh33w4w

Can't Turn Everyone On

Psych pop tune about trying to have two number ones, with a Television guitar vibe.  Featured in our latest release Faceless In The Rapid Motion.

Dalius Naujokaitis - Ddrums, Peter Gingerich - bass, Mark Bannayan - guitar, Fernando Avila - guitar n vocals.

https://open.spotify.com/track/57nPKML0JXLRVcuSvqawBp?si=9W-bdzdhTtma23nQ11qqsw

Its My Crime

Wuji

A song about immobility n being down!  Existentially beautiful. Part of the album Blue Rain.
Featuring Muriel Peraro on vocals.  Dalius Naujokaitis - Drums, Aaron Keane - bass, Mark Bannayan - guitar n slide, Peter Gingerich - keys, Fernando Avila - Guitar n vocals.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3ArulpPZs7Os0SYJ6YZ3BT?si=P7BBIIqyS1udRliJiId8VA

It Brought Me Down

Subskin Cables first emerged in Boston, slithering out of the same late-'80s and early-'90s gene pool that nurtured noisy, independent-rock champs such as Come and Green Magnet School. But the shadowy quartet stood apart from its contemporaries by smearing trippy songs with wandering, quasi-Moorish guitar solos, creaky tape loops, and disheveled, after-hours vibes. The plaintive, poetic vocals and loose melodies of front man Fernando Avila effortlessly blurred three decades of punk, post-punk, garage, and psychedelic goodness without seeming at all stylized or retro.

Fast forward to now. Having long ago relocated to New York City and burned through the DIY groups Sensesurround, Chocha, and Valetudo, Avila saw his music taking on increasingly Subskinned hues. So in 2017, he revived his previous band's name and proceeded to record a string of digital albums that brought the Cables into the present. 

The sixth and most current of these, Faceless in the Rapid Motion, streamlines his patented approach with heightened wisdom and focus. Lucid production, confident singing, and sure-footed playing have replaced the ragged murk of yore, as unapologetic pop hooks and meaty choruses penetrate the miasma. The untamed, exploratory guitars of Avila and Mark Bannayan still spiral into infinity, but they do so with purpose and control, bolted to the solid rhythm section of bassist Aaron Keane and Lithuanian free-jazz drummer Dalius Naujokaitis. Vigorous rehabilitations of older tunes—the catchy "I Found the Enemy," the snotty "Undercover Nightmare," and the sprawling "Simple"—fit snugly with concise, recent statements like "Illusion" and "It's My Crime." Original Massachusetts-era member Peter Gingerich even drops by to add discreet dollops of synth. And so, from 1980s Boston to 2020s Brooklyn, from narcotic racket to clear-eyed riff, the Subskin circle is exquisitely complete.

Jordan N. Mamone, New York City
November 26, 2020

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