music wise, it's (next to others) fugazi, rites of spring, radiohead, sonic youth, the casket lottery, minor threat, the crystal committee, rilo kiley, bright eyes, mates of state, pele, aloha, alias, clouddead, the je ne sais quoi, your halo is a radar, ed greene, seven feet four, rosebud, fingerpoke, solitune, lem phago, favez, chewy, pendleton, tobboggan, honey for petzi, kvlr, royal downfall, dani göldin & bit-tuner, descendents / all, sektion kuchikäschtli, pretty girls make graves, bloc party (despite the hype), mano negra, awol one, sole, düreförsög, quicksand, alarma man, salty pirates, sleater kinney, bikini kill, team dresch, liz phair, isolation years, britta persson, fireside, notwist, sometree, sans secours, karate, the van pelt, helmet, lali puna, gorilla biscuits, afghan whigs, motorpsycho, smashing pumpkins, ton steine scherben, yage, jimmy eat world, dag nasty, ms.john soda, texas is the reason, pop unknown, get up kids, lemonheads, juno, hot water music, mineral, hüsker dü, starmarket, time spent driving, brandtson, drive til morning, the cardigans, olavi vierta, logh, nada surf.
apart from that, it's life and love and friendship and society and music and relationships and good days and bad days and skateboarding and creating.
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the good thing here is, that you can decide for yourself. listen to the EmPeeThrees. that's what everyone's here for anyway.
we're based in Zurich, switzerland, 30 years of age or older and we play music with instruments. surprise surprise. we've been doing this more or less straight since 1992 with changing names and line ups, but hey!, who cares about the past, right? we're into music both active and passive, d.i.y. culture, society, swimming naked, photography, politics and good weather. bad weather rules ok, too.
records:
- "Save/Cancel" second album LP/CD 2008, quiet records
- "Pick Three Get The Whole Scene Plus One" 4-way split 7" w/ mr.willis of ohio, dying in motion, yakari 2008, quiet records
- "thanks! reflections!" anthology tape 2008, froggi records
- "thanks but no thanks" first album LP/CD 2007, quiet records
- "reflections on good behaviour" 4 song CDR-EP 2006 (sold out), quiet records
- split 7" with dying in motion 2006, quiet records
songs on samplers:
- ape must not kill ape recs. (soon)
- time as a color recs. (2007)
- envers-zwa recs. (2007)
soon:
- split tape with lem phago 2009, froggi records
- "12 songs", CD-R/tape, distroiart records
"Save/Cancel" in the ears and eyes of Collective Zine (UK)
I first heard these guys some time ago on a comp tape, and was very keen to hear them a bit more. For some reason, it's taken me ages to do so, but it has proven to be worth the wait. The Rabbit Theory are a Swiss emo band (Swissmo), with a sound that makes nice uses of elements of that you'll hear in bands such as Yaphet Kotto and Off Minor, without being perhaps quite as harsh as that might suggest. The tuneage is mostly melodic, and the vocals, whilst desperate, are not your full on screams and wails that you might normally associate with the genre, tending more to be urgently spoken and hoarsely shouted. The dual guitars twist their way around each other, sometimes jazzy and sometimes finding groove. Again if they were harsher or more intense in these respects you might be able to compare it to something such as Republic of Freedom Fighters, but the Rabbit Theory ease off some of the wilder aspects of this kind of sound. None of that is a bad thing at all, it's nice to hear a band getting all worked up without getting too in your face. The production is perhaps a little thin, which maybe contributes to the less frenzied feel I get from the music.
Overall this is a really good album and the best emo record from continental Europe since the Brito LP. Definitely check them out, and hopefully they'll make it over to the UK for some gigs later this year. ("Recommended", Andy Malcolm, 20.5.09, collective-zine.co.uk)
"Pick Three Get The Whole Scene Plus One"-Split 7" in the ears and eyes of Hartboiled Fanzine
Nicht ohne Grund lautet der Untertitel dieser 4-way-split 7" 'Pick Three, Get The Whole Scene Plus One', denn es ist in der Tat nichts anderes als 4 der aktivsten Züricher Screamo/Posthardcore-Bands gebündelt auf einer Platte. The Rabbit Theory starten auf der ersten Seite gleich mit ihrem gewohnt ausgefeilten Postcore à la Current, dann folgen Dying In Motion mit deutschen Texten und ein wenig mehr Brachialität als TRT, die eher ein wenig in Richtung Yage geht. Seite 2 beginnt mit Mr Willis Of Ohio, die ein midtempo Screamobrett liefern mit einem angenehmen weiblich/männlich vokalisiertem Mitschreipart in der Mitte ("ich lasse euch zurück" singt man doch gerne mal mit). Der letzte Song ist wahrscheinlich mein geheimer Favorit. Yakari bringen ein shotmakeresques halbgesprochenes Postcore-Stück mit schönen schneidenden Sonic-Youth-Gitarren im Hintergrund. Alles in allem ein guter und interessanter Überblick über die Zürcher Szene. Prima Idee, btw. (Jenny,3.4.09, hartboiled.de)
"save/cancel" in the ears and eyes of Hartboiled Fanzine
Auf dem hauseigenen Label erschienenes Follow-Up zu ihrem großartigen Debüt. Mit "Save / Cancel" zeigen TRT, dass auch schon eh gute Postcore Bands noch besser werden können. Etwas rockiger als der Vorgänger, aber immer noch wie gewohnt intelligent arrangierte, komplexe Songs. Viele Instrumentalpassagen, dabei aber nie langweilig, weil sie auf die trendy sphärigen Sachen verzichten, sondern das ganze lieber etwas schneller und kantiger spielen. Dazu gibt's teilweise sogar richtig melodischen Gesang bis hin zu Schreiparts und sozialkritische, intelligente Texte. Eine wirklich extrem gute Platte, die sowohl Fans von Mid90's-Emo, als auch Bear Vs. Shark oder 31 Knots gefallen könnte. 10 Songs im schicken Pappcover, yay. (Jenny,3.4.09, hartboiled.de)
"save/cancel" in the ears and eyes of Yellow Is The New Pink
(...) I like the sharp, clean sound of the guitars and the warmth of the overall production. The songs got good dynamics and a lot of rhythmic variation. Vocals are nice and good, political lyrics. I hope they won’t get sued for the funny sample at the beginning of “pew! pew! laserguns!”. Both, cds and vinyl, are limited and hand numbered, come with nice artwork and have lyrics sheets. What else can you ask for? If screamo then The Rabbit Theory. Better than all this shit that made me not listen to screamo any more. (Jan,3.3.09, yellowisthenewpink.com)
"save/cancel" in the ears and eyes of Ox Fanzine
"Beim ersten Hinhören nach einem weiteren Nebenprojekt der Berliner PETE THE PIRATE SQUID klingend, stelle ich beim wiederholten Hören fest, dass THE RABBIT THEORY aus Zürich sind und auf "Save/Cancel" doch mit einer exquisiten Velseitigkeit aufwarten können. In ihren instrumentalen Parts und Songs sehr stark nach Akkord- und Rhythmusstudien à la SHELLAC klingend, die auch trotz ihres unbestrittenen musikhistorischen Werts nicht spannender werden. finden THE RABBIT THEORY ihre Eigenständigkeit und vor allem ihre Stärken in den Screamo-Parts sowie an Stellen, an denen Harmonie und Melodie über den Rhythmus regieren. Die disharmonischen Breaks zwischendurch bringen das typisch Fragmentarische in den Neunziger-Sound, oft klingen sie aber mehr nach Jazzstudium als wirklich ins Gesamtbild passend. Trotz aller Kritik ist "Save/Cancel" ein nicht zu unterschätzemdes Album mit Sinn für Takt und Klang, das live bestimmt Freude macht." (7 of 10; Christoph Schulz, Ox Nr.82)
Slow asses? yes we are. Really sorry for this awful delay. We..ve been studying a lot plus a pocket bankrupcy that really turned it a lot slower. We're ready to go now, and I hope we can ship everything as soon as possible. Thanks for the patience Nino! Cheerio
oh not. not split with la quiete we just gonna tour with them. I mean is that another band also from italy. but unfortunately it does not become a reality.
so we will release our next ep and gonna be release on tour with la quiete. :)
das haus froggi dankt ihnen sehr für ihren kommentar. elektronische mail zu den genannten themen fliegt in kürze in ihr postfach. // wann gibt's UK photos?!?!
hey guys! we are preparing to record a new song by end of this month for cassette split with band from italy maybe. and gonna be release in our touring day with la quiete. we're so excited to do all this thing.. yeaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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