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The United Sons of Toil
Indie / Post punk / Screamo

My privilege choked me for years...



MADISON, Wisconsin
United States

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Member Since9/29/2006
Band Websitewww.unitedsonsoftoil.com
Band MembersRussell Hall-noise/screams; Jason Jensen-thuds & crashes; Bill Borowski-rumble/growls
InfluencesSocialism, Noam Chomsky, The Industrial Revolution, Dischord, AmRep, Touch&Go
Sounds Likesheetmetal on broken glass; mathy feedback
Record LabelFlannel Jammies Music (US); Fidel Bastro (EUR)
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Mar 12 2010 6:30P
Project Lodge with Canyons of Static and Kings Horses (all ages) Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 27 2010 9:00P
Club Underground with Tonnage Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 24 2010 7:00P
Borg Ward w/Canyons of Static and Kings Horses Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 13 2010 10:00P
The Frequency with Knife The Symphony Madison, Wisconsin

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   About The United Sons of Toil

Bio

The United Sons of Toil are a band from Madison WI. It's precision Midwestern noiserock delivered by populist theoreticians. The Sons are a collective deeply rooted in the grinding noise and math rock that bubbled up from the Midwest during the mid '90s. This is not suggest that the Sons are a retro band in any sense, simply that the hoarse vocals, guitar damage, starts and stops, and sometimes-convoluted arrangements and time signatures hark back to a time when labels like Touch and Go, AmRep, and Dischord lorded over the indie-rock landscape.

The Sons are Bill Borowski (The Arge, Atalanta, Knuckeldrager, Original Sinners) and Russell Hall (P'elvis, Pound WI). Jason Jensen is our new drummer and Chad Burnett (Houndrunner, Colony of Watts, Moggs) is our ex-drummer.

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Press

"...a harsh, big-sounding math-rock album obsessed with imperialism, exploitation, and genocide. ...it hovers, shudders, and wrangles massive volume with such precision..." -- The Onion

"...a more aggressive Unwound, giving a sort of mathy post-punk vibe with some hints of chaos thanks to a seemingly heavy influence from the Touch and Go noise-rock movement. Guitarist Russell Hall wields distortion like Neil Young gone post-hardcore." -- Scene Point Blank

"...stemming together various aspects of the past mid-western math-rock elite and the fleshed out noise-rock style of Unwound." -- Built On A Weak Spot

"Mixing Dillinger Four attitude with some elements of Refused and early At the Drive-In..." -- Decoy Music

"Explosive, violent and for the most part terrifically precise... This tough, neo-noise rock harks back to a superannuated Rust Belt world of drop forges and blast furnaces with every angry, chopping chord and sharp, pile-driving beat. ...a fascination with the cerebral aggression of old-school noise stars like Big Black and Tar is obvious, but there's also more than a hint of breathless '80s hardcore here. Looking for a musical analog of your favorite Howard Zinn tome? This is it." -- Isthmus

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Sea of Trees

Sea of Trees



Dec 9 2009 12:09 AM

We should do shows together, screamo buddies!
Damages

Damages



Nov 17 2009 5:04 PM

Awesome songs!
Terradrones

Terradrones



Nov 16 2009 9:36 PM

I don't know if it's been said before, but after seeing you guys at the Frequency a week or so ago, I must report how fantastic Bill's bass playing is. I'm guessing he could care less, but I fell in love with it that night. Soothing, rubber band, stretch-y lines that perfectly fit in the band's sound so well without (at first) drawing attention to themselves. I couldn't imagine anyone else banging the bass cables. Prost! See you Dec. 2nd, possibly Nov. 21st, Jeramaya
Kill Junior

Kill Junior



Nov 11 2009 3:48 PM

ROCKIN TRACKS EH!
Spacer Ace

Spacer Ace



Oct 30 2009 9:59 PM

i like you guys. and you get to play with melt banana. SO SO SO very jealous.
Swear Jar

Swear Jar



Oct 23 2009 11:21 AM

Loved the Southgate House show, guys! Thanks for kicking major ass!
Tigon . . .

Tigon . . .



Oct 19 2009 5:53 AM

Real sick shit guys, yes we are planning the mid west sometime in the next year
the customary silence

the customary silence



Oct 18 2009 3:17 PM

Good luck guys, hope its fun....be safe..rock hard
sir armadildo ventriloqueef

sir armadildo ventriloqueef



Oct 17 2009 8:39 PM

you crazy kids!

thanks for playing and making my berfday pretty sweet

i just hope the rest of the tour runs just as smoothly...BUT BEWARE THE KEYS

and you're not so bad for some "40 year old punk guys from wisconsin" (i overheard that being used by the folks from armada)
Tigon . . .

Tigon . . .



Oct 14 2009 8:57 PM

Good luck on yr tour!
Antonym

C.J. Gordon



Sep 23 2009 11:49 AM

indeed i am. i hear it's gonna be a great line up. you psyched for it?
sir armadildo ventriloqueef

sir armadildo ventriloqueef



Sep 2 2009 3:02 AM

YOU GUYS ARE ACES!

(and this would've been the place i was going to put a picture of gary coleman and david hasselhoff standing in front of the knight rider-mobile giving the thumbs up...but seeing as how there's no HTML...you just get the words...and that's something)
Guitar vs. Gravity

Guitar vs. Gravity



Sep 2 2009 3:02 AM

Commie.
Freighter

Freighter



Jul 29 2009 7:38 PM

excited for tomorrow night
Pasadena Projekt

Pasadena Projekt



Jul 29 2009 7:38 PM

yes!!! Labelmates..you re cool as Fuck...Cheers!!!
cloud mouth

cloud mouth



Jul 27 2009 5:00 PM

thnx!
Sohns

Sohns



Jul 27 2009 5:00 PM



lovin' you
rapid cities (upcoming east coast tour)

rapid cities (upcoming east coast tour)



Jul 20 2009 10:07 PM

awesome, thanks! much appreciated.
fromanhole

fromanhole



Jul 14 2009 5:45 AM

hey guys, hope you can come out for the show...

fromanhole at revolution cycles!
friday, july 24 w/ self-evident(MN) and penfield mood organ.
Former Thieves

Former Thieves
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Jul 7 2009 10:16 PM

hey this rules! Definitely excited to play together!
schredder

schredder



Jun 20 2009 7:18 AM

hi, sure we could. thanks a lot. you guys rock.

love. schredder
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Jun 9 2009 11:16 PM

cool tunes!
2¦Frail

2¦Frail



May 19 2009 5:29 PM

Thanks for adding us! Cool tracks!
Sinking Suns

Sinking Suns



May 19 2009 2:32 PM

Thanks...hoping to see you guys live again this summer.
The Hussy

The Hussy



Apr 29 2009 4:27 PM

no it was a joke...
they're all good friends of ours.
I just laughed out loud about how you had them listed. It was funny, and a pretty lowbrow joke, so I hope I don't have to explain why it's funny.
-b
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