"Sentinels", "Young Royalty" and "Slow Dance" recorded and mixed by Ben Rice at Newkirk Studios and mastered by Alex Theoret at Turtletone Studio in August 2008.
"I am the Dead Reason", "Long Arm of the Law" and "Private Eyes and Drawn Blinds" recorded by Nate Kelley at Darkworld Studio in August 2005 and mixed by Mike Birnbaum and Chris Bittner for Illair Productions at Applehead Recording and Production in October 2006.
"Hiding in the Wings", "The Greater Myth" and "Bottom Feeders" recorded and mixed by Jimmy Goodman at Leopard Studio in July 2007. Somewhat mastered by Nate Kelley a couple of days ago.
Portraits By Yvonne Allaway.
Influences
Death Cab For Cutie | Big Daddy Kane |
HUM |
Dinosaur Jr | Deadboy & The Elephantmen | Sonic Youth | Orson Welles | Sebadoh |
Don Quixote |
Miller's Crossing |
Modest Mouse | The Master & Margarita | FAR |
Glassjaw |
Candiria |
Dripping Goss |
The Smashing Pumpkins | Black Coffee |
Jawbreaker |
Fred Waring |
Bad Brains |
Alkaline Trio |
Snapcase |
Mogwai |
Shiner |
Shellac |
Jeff Buckley |
Unsane | The Jesus Lizard |
Pontius Pilate Sales Pitch was started in April 2004 by Morgan Y. Evans (former singer for Hudson Valley, NY Rock juggernaut Divest-who were on Dr Know of Bad Brains' FKM label-) and Nate Kelley (former drummer for Shabutie, now known as Coheed and Cambria, and former band mate of Morgan's in Divest, off and on, throughout the years).
The initial goal of the band was to write and record a mainly acoustic LP, Sense and Judgment (When the Body is Cold). Each of the songs would be told through the eyes of one key witness+ other characters in a noir-themed homicide story taking place in a tenement - the wife of the deceased, an alcoholic, love-sick detective, the landlord/slumlord of the building and the murderer himself.
But when both of the bands that Morgan and Nate were playing in split up, their focus turned to expanding both the material and the line-up for PPSP in order to morph the the once acoustic project into a full-fledged band.
Kirk Hansen was the first to join, helping to fill out the sound by adding additional guitars to the mix. Then the task of finding a fitting rhythm section was tackled when Justin Zipperle joined on drums and newfound friend Seth Bulkin completed the line-up on bass in 2006. Since then, though, Justin and PPSP have parted ways and Nate is currently drumming for the band until another suitor comes along to take his place.
Nate and Morgan have known each other for years, since even before the earliest days of Shabutie and Morgan's first band Melancholy played shows with early incarnations of the band Three and other Woodstock regional groups nearly every weekend. In addition to Nate and Morgan also playing together in Bleed Theory/Brain Fuck Daddy/ Divest (three names over 7 years that Divest was known as in different stages/line ups). At one point DIVEST even worked with Dr Know of The Bad Brains and Coheed and Cambria/The Sleeping producers Mike Birnbaum and Chris Bittner on a full length GHOST TOWN RECKONING in 2003 before disbanding awhile after. As for past connections, Nate and Kirk also had previous musical experience together in a band called the Eviction Directive (named after an apartment they shared w Mic Todd from Coheed that everyone was kicked out of for bad behavior). Kirk was a natural choice.
Kirk and Morgan also play together in a side project called Acid Arrow and Nate releases solo material under Friend Vs. Faux and also with his fiance, Deena, in The Widow Capet.
Morgan is not just a front man but also a music journalist and contributing writer for Crushermagazine.com and AMP/hails and Horns magazines and has interviewed the likes of Scars On Broadway, Acey Slade, Filter, Saosin, Max Cavalera, The Dillinger Escape Plan and many, many more!
Currently PPSP are looking for a record label and also are releasing a limited run EP of demos entitled MEURTRE DE CULTURE in France with the indie label Xcrocs. Stay tuned for more in 2009!
Photo by Yvonne Allaway.
BUY PPSP SHIRTS!!!
"Sense And Judgment" Tee (Green)
"I Am The Perfect Neighbor" Tee (Black)
$12 + $3 shipping.
Make sure to specify which size you want!
KATAKLYSM EUROPEAN HEADLINING TOUR 2010 w/ BELPHEGOR, DARKEST HOUR, SUICIDAL ANGELS, RESISTANCE 7 Jan 2010 Batschkapp Frankfurt 8 Jan 2010 Roxy Saarbrücken 9 Jan 2010 Atak Enschede 10 Jan 2010 Biebob Vosselaar 11 Jan 2010 Academy Islington London 12 Jan 2010 La Locomotive Paris 13 Jan 2010 Live Music Hall Cologne 14 Jan 2010 Backstage Munich 15 Jan 2010 Arena Vienna 16 Jan 2010 Posthof Linz 17 Jan 2010 MOR Cafe Zlin 18 Jan 2010 TBA Ljubljana 19 Jan 2010 Estragon Bologna 20 Jan 2010 Matrix Bochum 21 Jan 2010 Z7 Pratteln 22 Jan 2010 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart 23 Jan 2010 Hellraiser Leipzig 24 Jan 2010 Postbahnhof Berlin 25 Jan 2010 Markthalle Hamburg
Thought you'd like to know we have the Raveonettes take over as our Guest Eds throughout October! Keep checking SUPERSWEET Digital to find out how the October issue is going to look like. There's their blog, fashion, art and lots of fun things for everyone! Hope you like! SS x
Salut!
Notre nouvel album "Seuls Les Loups Sont Bons" est enfin disponible !
(Digipack 13 titres punk rock et livret 16 pages illustré par 14 dessinateurs de la scène alternative (ou pas..)
N'hésitez pas à vous le procurer via nos amis/labels indépendant : Distant District, Konstroy, Karameikos, Zone Onze Records, Général Strike, La Fondation Pasteur Guy, Rock'n Troll, Gabba Disques; ainsi que dans quelques autres distros et disquaires tel que Born Bad, Mass Prod, Troma Social, Crash Disques, Guerilla Asso, etc...
Ou directement en nous écrivant à : stygmate@propagande.org
N'hesitez pas à en parler autour de vous
à tout bientôt sur terre ou dans la galaxie
Stygmate
Awesome! I've been wanting a book like that for ages. I'm interested in a hell of a lot more than Coheed, I've done tons of research on the scene, and I would love the blanks to be filled in. Thanks a lot!
I was wondering what happened to Nate, he sorta disappeared. :( Hope he comes back, I haven't talked to him in ages.
Received Meurtre De Culture in the mail this morning.... from France, hahah... I've been rocking it since. Morgan, you are one HELL of a vocalist and this band is exceptionally well put-together; everyone contributing obviously has an inordinate amount of talent. Quit your day job and go on tour. :D
Dude... I never log into myspace. But I just listened to the Greater Myth. You guys still fucking rock. Here's to hoping you still chase this musical dream. You deserve it.
TORTUGA BAR - STORM EP (VIERSIEBEN RECORDS/FINETUNES) OUT NOW!
This online EP release (5 Tracks & Artwork) is not just an appetizer for the album which follows on June 26 - among the album versions of "Storm" (feat. Evan Dando) and "Feel the Love" it contains a remix of "Storm", made by labelmates Monocular, the track "Cavallo Pazzo (Song For Mondo Fumatore To Sing)" feat. Werner Kureinski, former member of Aheads and "Do It Right", a nice version of the Daniel Johnston song performed by Tortuga Bar and Navel.
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Hey there,
we're partaking in the exciment of hitting every single one of you up!
that aside. We are playing a huge show April 11th at the Tralf Music Hall:
its a 2 day thing.
8 bucks, 50 bands, 2 days
address:
622 Main St # 2
Buffalo, NY 14202
the bands playing the second day[the day we play] would be as follows:
Gallows Pull, As Summer Dies, Ones Own Blood, Double Eagle Standard, Frailty, His Name Was Yesterday, Kandid Theory, Mass Casualty, Never Ending Process, FireBorn, CRISIS OF THE DAY, Asyla, WHEN HEROES FAIL
Its at the Tralf music hall, in spite the flyers saying club infinity.
we could truely use the support. we just got our tickets due to the postal services being lame and losing 2 batches.
we can bring the tickets to you, all you need is the money and the ability to get there that day [though limited transport is availibe]
but hit us up if you would like to join on a wonderful day long 8 dollar show expireince.
Thanks for the support,
All the guys from Gallows Pull
Ahhh Morgan, I love you buddy. Love, love, love you!! What else can I say, sometimes life will point you in a most unexpected and painful direction. I hope you know how much people DO appreciate your creative drive and ability and I hope you always manage to inspire, no matter the direction of the wind filling your sails. Drop me a line to let me know how I may help, in any way possible!! Lot's of love- D
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