The Cancer Conspiracy was an instrumental post-prog group from Burlington, VT. Their first EP was released in 2001 by So Good Music, followed by their genre defining full-length The Audio Medium in 2002 (Big Wheel Rec.). They toured extensively with The Blood Brothers, Cave In, Your Enemies' Friends, Piebald, The Damn Personals, and Oysterhead. The Audio Medium was accompanied by a concept likening theories of the government suppressing a cure for cancer to the contemporary state of commercial radio. The group was haunted by unexplainable misfortune throughout their career, and after performing at CMJ 2003 in New York, their van was stolen, along with all of their equipment.
Bassist Brent Frattini left the group to join Daughters (Hydra Head Records), while guitarist Daryl Rabidoux and drummer/keyboardist Greg Beadle continued writing new material. Bringing in Johnny Northup (The Burning Paris, The Octave Museum) to
fill in on bass, the reformed trio returned to the studio with Matt Squire (Thrice, Hot Water Music, Panic! At The Disco) to record what would become their last eight songs.
After spending over three years in legal limbo following the collapse of former label Big Wheel Recreation (Piebald, Jimmy Eat World, At The Drive In), the follow-up to The Cancer Conspiracy's 2002 instrumental post-prog masterpiece The Audio Medium will finally see the light of day. The 8 song full-length, simply titled as the Greek astrological symbol "Omega," is being co-released by the Boston collective Radar Recordings (Junius, Constants, Carrigan) and Wisconsin's Gilead Media (The Appleseed Cast, mewithoutYou, Mouth of The Architect) in North America, and Make My Day Records in Europe.
Radar and Gilead have been working for the past several years to restore the recording's legal rights to their proper owners: the band members themselves. With this accomplished, the album can now be made available to the public.
"Omega" is available in stores and online now (CD/vinyl/digital), or direct from Radar Recordings and Gilead Media.
“Complex polyrhythmic psychedelica for the discriminating consumer. Instrumental, textural, and deep. Possible descendents of King Crimson and Brian Eno.” - Aaron Turner (ISIS, Hydra Head Records)
“A new chapter of instrumental progression.” - Epitonic.com
I stumbled across you guys by chance and was absolutely blown away. Thanks for making some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard in its purest form, sans arrogant womanizing frontman ;) Get back together, the soundscape is in dire need of a face lift.
gentlemen.... you are a wonderful. If you ever feel the urge to grace the southwest with your magical rocking powers send us a message fox and we shall book your spectacle. tds
Freakin' awesome music you guys create!!! I was only just recommended your sounds yesterday and loved it right away. Thank you for broadening my horizon :)
Guys-A couple of things... First; I have The Audio Medium and Omega-do I have everything you've done? And second; I'm gonna spin the whole disc (omega) next Tuesday on my radio show-any problems with that? Lemme know... and I too hope you can get it together and play LIVE or something crazy like that?! P's, Mike
ahhhhhh its amazing!!! im so glad because i thought you were another one of my favorite bands who were no longer making music. why do all the best bands split?
The new cd is awesome, I was so glad to find that you had more stuff in the can. I saw you play at Mia's birthday party a thousand years ago and I was sure you'd be headed for the top of the heap. Any chance that you guys might get back together? You've still got a big audience and we're waiting for the news.
