Paul Dee' Laek – White Flag (Shtaffy Remix)

Out June 3 on Hot Grits Records
Contact: alyssa at teamclermont dot com
 
http://whatmoonthings.tumblr.com
https://facebook.com/WhatMoonThings

Conceived in a dark, moldy basement during the summer of 2012, New Paltz, NY-based What Moon Things blends distorted guitar hooks, somber synthesizers, and the rubbed-raw vocals of Jake Harms and John Morisi to jolt listeners wide awake with stinging dreamo (shoegazey, dreamy, and a little bit emo…) sound. Drawing inspiration from a range of influences including the Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Modest Mouse, and the Cure, the band, comprised of Harms (guitars, lead vocals), Morisi (drums, lead vocals), and Chris Kehoe (bass, synths, backup vocals), began recording together in the early summer of 2013, and within a few frenetic months had completed their eponymous debut LP.

Though recorded in Morisi’s sparse and tiny New Paltz apartment (nicknamed “The Dump”), WMT’s full-length album was mixed by Scott Nicholas and mastered by Jesse Magnum in Athens, GA, a town whose legendary music scene has produced such acts as R.E.M., the B-52s, and Neutral Milk Hotel. All but one of the record’s eight songs were co-written by Harms and Morisi, who form the band’s creative core (“Moon Things”, a roiling noise collage, was contributed by Nicholas). Their songs exist as the two bandmates’ reciprocal transmissions on disappointment, monsters, and the human vulnerability revealed through death and heartbreak. Harms and Morisi share lead vocal duty on the record. Their fevered tenors undergird the wide-hipped, reverby vessel of the album, serving as anchors for Harms’ messy, brilliant guitar work and Morisi’s syncopated drum motifs.

The real bursts of brilliance on the album—”Astronaut,” “Squirrel Girl,” “Staring at the Radio,” and “Doesn’t Make Much Sense”—send the listener on an undulating journey through waves of fuzzed-out plasma, floating among fractured tempos and searing vocals. These tracks are awash with Harms’ and Morisi’s shared pathos on the subject of growing up. “I’m nostalgia, I’m an astronaut,” declares Harms on “Astronaut.” “I’m still a punk kid, starting fights / with my neighbors.” What Moon Things succeeds not only in creating a mood, but in pulling anyone who happens to be within range into the same warm, dark space it occupies. It is music that seeps in slowly and dawns on the mind of the listener like a dream; a record that belies its small-town provenance and creates a sound much larger that its origins.

What Moon Things is managed by Left Brain Artist Management (founded by Deerhunter and Drive-by Truckers producer David Barbe, also member of Sugar) in Athens, GA. What Moon Things is set for a June 3rd issue on 12” vinyl and CD as the inaugural release on the Athens label Hot Grits Records.

What Moon Things - "The Astronaut"

First online single from the Living Eyes new LP "Living Large", due out January 2015.
Out in AU through Anti Fade from January 30 and in UK/EU through Agitated from January 19.

Geelong delinquents the Living Eyes have just churned out a second LP of burners to hit the shelves early 2015, following their self-titled debut from 2013.  
Since then the band have thrown around a handful of singles, shows and a split 7”, but its common ground that all arrows are pointed towards this new long player. As of January 30, the Living Eyes will unhinge a new belt of stompers to make up LP round two. 
The album was predominantly recorded by Straight Arrows’ front man Owen Penglis over a day and a half spent in Sydney at Penglis’ new hideout; Goliath Professional Recording Studio. The tapes were then driven back down the Hume highway and finished off in a couple of West Geelong bedrooms, before being mailed to Rye mixing master, Mikey Young. 
Living Large takes off in a somewhat new direction since the S/T LP, filling out with more sharp cuts and guitar crunch but still keeping the snotty sound they’d always had. In a few words – it’s a poppy punk record that sounds nothing like pop punk. 
But it’s nothing to dwell on - its ten tracks wide and 26 minutes minutes long and it’ll spin faster than your average long player any day of the week. 



THE LIVING EYES - High Standards (Living Large LP - 2015)

https://staringatscreens.bandcamp.com/album/staring-at-screens

Robot Gods

All rights of this EP belong to Trevor Something and In Your Brain LLC.

This EP is uploaded here on SoundCloud for only fair entertaining purposes.

Distorted Reality EP

Trevor Something - Wake Up

Lightning Bolt - A Diet of Grapes and Nuts

"Dunce" is taken from Ed Schrader's Music Beat's album, "Riddles," out March 2nd on Carpark Records.

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZTIkX8NNXg

AVAILABLE HERE
carpark shop - http://smarturl.it/riddles_carpark
itunes - http://smarturl.it/riddles_itunes
spotify (pre-save) - http://bit.ly/2CXFRGs
apple music - http://smarturl.it/riddles_applemusic
amazon (digital) - http://smarturl.it/riddles_amazon
bandcamp - http://smarturl.it/riddles_bandcamp

TOUR DATES
March 1st - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
March 3rd - Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong
March 4th - Raleigh, NC - Kings
March 5th - Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
March 6th - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
March 7th Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR
March 9th - Atlanta, GA - Mammal Gallery
March 12th - Houston, TX - Walter's Downtown
March 13th - Dallas, TX - Transit Bicycle Company
March 14th - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
March 15th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 16th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 17th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 18th - Austin, TX - SXSW 
March 19th - Hot Springs, AK - VOV Fest
March 20th - Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
March 23rd - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
March 24th - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
March 26th - Reno, NV - Holland Project
March 28th - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
March 29th - San Francisco, CA - Make Out Room
March 31st - Portland, OR - The Know
April 4th - Sioux Falls, SD - Total Drag Records
April 5th - Minneapolis, MN - Kitty Cat Klub
April 6th - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
April 7th - Milwaukee, WI - Quarters Rock N Roll Palace
April 8th - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
April 10th - Toronto, ON - Baby G
April 11th - Winooski, VT - Monkey House
April 12th - Providence, RI - AS220
April 15th - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right

Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Dunce

Third singe off DANZ out 2/23 on Channel 9 records. Artwork by BEEPLE.
MP3: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/danz/1318710784
VINYL: http://www.channel9records.com/product/danz-s-t-12

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