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THESE ARE POWERS
Visual / Healing & EasyListening / Breakbeat

"jukin' pizza"

BROOKLYN <> CHICAGO, New York
United States

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   THESE ARE POWERS: General Info
Member Since6/25/2006
Band Websitethesearepowers.com
Band MembersooANNA BARIEoo
ooPAT NOECKERoo
ooBILL SALASoo

Previously Ted McGrath




Click on these pictures. They are secret doors.
Influencesfuturists, zeitgeists, earthships
Sounds Like

RELEASES

NEW!!! TARO TAROT 12"

on Sweden's DELETED ART! Edition of 500! Collector's dee-lite!

TARO TAROT CD EP

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM HOSS RECORDS



6 new jams born in a Chicago summer and recorded during a Brooklyn Halloween. Testament to a new musical community with William Salas II, aka Brenmar. This is the futuress and you can dance to it.

"Sweat-soaked off their late-2007 release, Terrific Seasons (Hoss), Brooklyn'strembling post-punk trio These Are Powers spurt out another hot mess on their supplemental EP, Taro Tarot (Hoss). From the get-go, the record lurches forward with a disjointed war drum that ominously rumbles from the heart of some perilous darkness on "All Night Services." Pat Noecker (ex-Liars) lends a tinge of comfort in the wake of so much hopelessness and despair, finding new ways to shout a whispered secret despite the blight unraveling before him. While known for their physically demanding live shows and startling polyrhythm contortions, the trio is best understood through a volume-up approach. Even with your headphones mashed to your skull, you'll have trouble fully experiencing the waves of punishing subsonic bass and underlying knee-buckling. At times, stand-out track "Chipping Ice" sounds like industrial waste on the march, as its repetitive bassline advances with rank-and-file left-left-left-right-left cadence. Tandem howls by Noecker and guitarist Anna Barie recall a jackal's acknowledgment of the Fall recapitulated. The 20-something-minute runtime makes this EP seem like a full-length, but, then again, the sound of an impending apocalypse is usually pretty grueling."--CMJ

With amazing album art by Holly Stevenson!



OUT NOW!!


TERRIFIC SEASONS CD and 2XLP






Vinyl NOW AVAILABLE!!!
500 copies on 180 gram vinyl w/gatefold, silkscreened covers. Double LP, with art printed directly on side D.
Get it at Cake Shop, Kim's, and Soundfix in NYC <> Permanent and Reckless Records in Chicago!

"What first strikes me about the TAP sound is the starkness of it. If Terrific Seasons were a Christmas Tree, it wouldn’t be one of those numbers with a Lionel train track running around it, expensive Hallmark hangings, and a star the size of Israel at the top. This is the X-mas tree you always dreaded as a kid: old, dusty, natural branches, frayed pine needles, a dusty birdhouse full of live birds, and the smell of gun powder hanging in the air. Now, just for gits and shiggles, imagine yourself running down the stairs as a kid and seeing a tree like the latter in your living room. Then, imagine yourself NOT being disappointed in the least."--Tiny Mix Tapes

Tiny Mixtapes (Full) Review of Terrific Seasons

Treble Zine Review of Terrific Seasons



SILVER LUNG/FUNERAL XYLOPHONE 7"

"Silver Lung" / "Funeral Xylophone", "Crows of Troy"


Available on ELSIE & JACK RECORDINGS or from us when we come to your town.

Mixed by Ivan Julian (Richard Hell and The Voidoids)

Super heavy white vinyl, BLACK ON BLACK laser-etched covers, illustrated braille titles (different than pictured).

Recorded in a haunted boxing gym in Troy, NY by wizard Ross Goldstein (United States of Belt, occasional Bunnybrains).

LOVE AND CIRUITS COMPILATION on CARDBOARD RECORDS


PRESS


“..barrel-ass drumming, comic-panel style song construction and general thrub. Very pleasing.” -- The Wire

"These Are Powers is probably the closest we will ever get to hearing cult on tape. They sound awesome...only in a wonderfully scary way. Listening to their dark, repetitious guitars; tribal, ominous drums and battle-cry vocals, images of dancing circles and raging fires are conjured without strain. The high priestess, Anna Barie, is a former Knife Skills member while bass shaman Pat Noecker used to be in Liars. Bill Salas completes the unholy trinity (drums, percussion, electronics) to carefully concoct a sound they have deemed “Ghost-punk.” This tribe, indigenous to Brooklyn, New York, is quite enchanting but beware--those whose ears are subject to their powers may not want to hear anything else."--URB Magazine

"These Brooklyn art-rockers transplanted to Chicago for the summer (to induct a new drummer, Bill Salas of Brenmar Someday) and it's a shame they ain't staying. The band is best known as the new outfit helmed by Pat Noeker, formerly of Liars. The co-ed trio is all about polyrhythmic pummel; guitars imitate industrial noises, drums clack and grind like fixed gears -- they describe themselves as "ghost-punk," but the band's caustic heaves, shudders and sighs are more mechanical than ethereal. Singer/guitarist Anna Barie is the focal point of the band; her vocalization sounds like a witchy incantation over her harsh torrent of plinking, beeping, screaming guitar. The band is propulsive and post-modern to the core."--Jessica Hopper, Chicago Tribune

"These are Powers have been running around Brooklyn for a while now, playing the Todd P circuit, and generally spoiling the mood with their noisy, vaguely improvisational brand of noise punk."--Impose
Record LabelHOSS, Deleted Art, Elsie + Jack Recordings
Type of LabelMajor





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 13 2008 8:00P
Hideout w/Pit Er Pat, Waterbabies Chicago, Illinois
Jul 15 2008 8:00P
Bluebird Nightclub w/The Delicious, Hard Candy Hearts Bloomington, Indiana
Jul 16 2008 8:00P
Tower 2012 w/The Missoula Oblongata Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 19 2008 12:00P
Siren Music Festival Brooklyn, New York

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PSYCHIC FRIENDS HOTLINE

powerspow (at) gmail.com

U.S. BOOKING

john (at) groundcontroltouring.com

EUROPE BOOKING EAST

bb(at)beyondasea.com

EUROPE BOOKING UK

info(at)elasticartists.com





"Cockles" at Market Hotel, Brooklyn

When We Were Thrash?
These Our Powers Improv Performance at Silent Barn, Ridgewood
With guests Ryan Sawyer and Austin Stawiarz


PUNKCAST video "Little Sisters of Beijing" at Death By Audio, Brooklyn

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"Untitled (Garbarge Bird)" video

"Silver Lung" video directed by Joe Krings


THESE ARE POWERS <>THESE OUR POWERS

These Are Powers make music like cashmere lightning.

We are free. We are a language of sound. We are hymns piggybacking on noise collages, club beats and ragas. We are a celebration. We are present in dreams and energy. We are the dynamics of being and the infinity of possibility. Union and improvisation strengthen us.

We are future primitives who tour lots and live in Brooklyn and Chicago.

THESE ARE POWERS <>THESE OUR POWERS



WITNESSES

SOME PEOPLE WE HAVE PLAYED WITH:
Aa, An Albatross, The Apes, Athletic Automaton, Best Fwends, Bird Names, The Boggs, Boris, Calvin Johnson, Chinese Stars, Christy and Emily, Citay, CLIPD BEAKS, Dan Deacon, The Deathset, Dirty Projectors, Ecstatic Sunshine, Excepter, Ex Models, The Fall, The Fugue, Flying, Golden Birthday, Google Earth, Gowns, High Places, Indian Jewelry, Juiceboxxx, Knyfe Hyts, MAHJONGG, Magik Markers, Mika Miko, Memes, Modey Lemon, More Teeth, Mythical Beast, Neptune, NO AGE, Old Time Relijun, Oneida, Our Brother The Native, Parts & Labor, People, Phosphorescent, Pterodactyl, Rings, Ryan Sawyer, Soft Circle, Sun Circle, SIDS, Sightings, Sword Heaven, Taaiga!, Telepathe, Thee Scarcity of Tanks, Tickley Feather, Tirra Lirra, Tussle, USAISAMONSTER, WZT Hearts


AFFIRMATION

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ian boyd walker





Jul 5 2008 9:37 PM

(^_^)/""

thats a wave to say "hi"!!!

VJ RealMyop@Paris/28.06/le placard





Jul 6 2008 7:34 AM

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Live de Dr. Von Pnok, Visuel Vj RealMyop
envoyé par RealMyope..
LL





Jul 5 2008 7:56 PM

My mom says our cat hasn't been the same since you guys stayed at my house.
What did you do???!?!?!
SUN LIONS





Jul 5 2008 10:23 AM

are you ever coming through michigan ever anytime in your lives? if you do let us know please.
thanks palz
KINO LA BIM





Jul 4 2008 3:00 AM

hey there. here is the joker from kino la bim witha simple question:?:
where to get your vinyl in europe?
and when do you party in europe?
could be another question, but ... enough is enough ...
Austin





Jul 2 2008 5:40 PM

Thanks for the package!! It rocked my woyld!

oz





Jul 2 2008 1:07 PM

cheers from istanbul
taylor





Jun 27 2008 10:13 AM

FUCK! i forgot to bring my packed lunch of garlic steamed broccoli w/ vegan parm to work today. it is in the tupperware in the fridge. please eat it along with the carrots, banana, and shrooms. i bet they would be good in the blender all together! have a fun weekend. l-o-v-e.
MAHJONGG





Jun 25 2008 6:05 PM

ggno
POGO IN TOGO





Jun 26 2008 12:23 AM

yony





Jun 21 2008 5:41 PM

A lot of people wrote "hope all is well" in your comments. I was going to write something else, something about traveling,
i forgot,
hope all is well
see you guys soon
Graham





Jun 19 2008 2:27 PM

Killer. V pleased to hear it. Best.
: )
YUL | label





Jun 18 2008 8:45 PM

still still still loving loving yr sound////!
AIRPEOPLE


Is Online


Jun 17 2008 8:25 AM

:-)
taylor





Jun 14 2008 11:19 PM

i dont know wtf broke and i def do not f**ing care. all i know is coming home stoned to a note on some pasta salad that says "eat me" is the sickest thing thats ever happened to me. you couldve lit the cat on fire and this pasta salad woulda made up for it.
open Star clusters





Jun 15 2008 8:10 AM

It has been far too long since we have seen you guys! Hope all is well!
black swan





Jun 14 2008 2:13 PM

Hope things are well.
Peach,
charlie
taylor





Jun 12 2008 10:36 AM

best röömpals ever!
Max





Jun 12 2008 8:40 AM

Cannot wait to see you at Siren Fest this year at Coney, this years line up seems to have nothing but amazing bands and you're one of the best playing!
Sonorama team





Jun 10 2008 3:22 PM

awesome noise!
F8





Jun 7 2008 2:46 PM

Aleks and The Drummer





Jun 8 2008 12:39 PM

hey nice seeing you at my show! if we're in brooklyn by then we'll see you on the 19th! (we're playing on the 21st at death by audio)
MIRACLES





Jun 5 2008 8:54 AM

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indian pipes
Our Brother The Native





Jun 2 2008 8:47 AM

hose party jam is sick watched it last night<3

when you guys getting to chicago!!?
-josh
They Shoot Music Dont They





May 27 2008 1:53 PM

best housewarming-party ever, i guess. thanks again! here's the video - actually only a teaser - the full-length-video is on our site. hugs, tsm

http://www. theyshootmusic. com

These Are Powers - Kitchen Party / THEY SHOOT MUSIC
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benbakerbillington





May 27 2008 12:35 PM

CHICAGO! We must have some beverages and jam when you get here!!
dinowalrus





May 22 2008 2:50 PM

Cockles has been stuck in my head for the past two days!
GANG GANG DANCE





May 21 2008 1:59 PM

Deep. Would love to exorcise together.
C.F.Zwingenberg





May 20 2008 3:41 PM

Thanks for the add. Great sounds and music. I like it much.

Greets

C.F.
Zwingenberg
dave treut





May 19 2008 10:38 PM

tickets for selling on bedford suck,
on the other hand, a snare drum, ludwig speed king and an old man shirt for 5 bucks does not, i really like your songs
Our Brother The Native