What & who the hell are the Wrists? Mutant-wave for the last days of man on earth. Pinheads from Nowhere, East Texas burn through seven originals of lo-fi hyper-aggressive noise-pop. Fuck a lead guitar - all you get from the Wrists is two pissed off bass destroyers offset with minimal Casio flavor. What if Joy Division were retarded 'roid-raging pro wrestlers recording on 11 in a bedroom? There's a party in my fucking head.
- John Digiovanni (Beerland DJ Extroidinare)
The Wrists from Longview Texas use 2 bass guitars and keyboards and drums. This is their first screaching demo cdr with 7 songs an each comes with a pin. Recorded in Paul's bedroom, real bedroom rock. Raw harsh vocals and lo-fi sound, but it's held together with the even keyboard lines which I guess you could say act as a guitar. Reminds me of the Phantom Limbs or a guy-Subtonix minus the dark goth and add pop pleasure and garage punk fever. If you are the type who can listen through lo fi to hear good stuff, you can extract the great stuff on this cdr, cause the song structure is really cool.
- Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds)
Killer demos from this Texas curiosity of a band. Two bass players, drums, and casio get mixed up into an explosive yet lo-fi and heady mess. There's a dark, perhaps bleak post-punky angle they're working from, but not as seriously gothic as the Lost Sounds sometimes got. They throw all sorts of influences in the trash can that you really can't rattle off immediately, kind of how Human Eye throw everything along with the kitchen sink at you, but you can't really pin anything specific on them. The recordings are definitely rough, but I think the jumbling of sounds add some muscle to the mess. Fairly raw vox, and plenty of low end offset the casio nicely, which is kind of subliminal at times, just buzzing in the background like an insect, but effective when it grabs the lead. Choppy and rhythmic at the same time, I think they deserve some Le Shok comparison as well, or perhaps the Units would be a more appropriate parallel. Eight songs on this thing, all of which are likable. They do a synthed-up "I'm A Bug" that doesn't bore, and "Livin' in the Eyeball" is seriously infectious, and easily one of my favorite tunes of recent mention. This CD-R is better than a lot of the crap vinyl being released these days. Someone do a record with them quick.
- Rich (Terminal-Boredom)
I'm sorry I haven't gotten to speak with you in a while. Would you mind going to watch our video of Secret Identity, shot LIVE on the stage of Austin City Limits during the Battle of the Bands by Landshark/Rhapsody. After you confirm your vote (through your email) you will get access to download 12 songs for FREE!!
Luke Lukas is back with an album full of that gleeful gloom that made us love him at first sight. His trustworthy 4-tracks and him go their separate ways so he's now presenting 12 perfectly arranged folk songs to us. Luke reveals himself as a kind soul, but like the western movies taught us, a dreadful killer always hides under every placid looking Texan.
"Leaving his strongly lo-fi sound that impressed us the first time, he treasures the recipe, packing in this new plain, delightful work a caring love for vocals, which are worthy of Neutral Milk hotel, with a touch of Chordettes feel."Daniele Dileo - Lab Magazine
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT ON THURSDAYS. AND COMING TO MY LAST OFFICIAL NIGHT AT EXPLICIT AND THE E 40 SHOW. TUESDAYS ARE HERE COME BY FOR THE GRAND OPENING. AND SAY HI IF YOUR MY REAL FRIEND ON MYSPACE.
Your split cassette is awesome! Please contact me if you ever think about touring Europe. I'd like to book a show for you guys over here. Can't wait to hear more (vinyl, tape or cd).
Thanks for stopping by and checking out the music before. If you'd like you can get the free Maltese CD-R (click for download) which features synth and laptop beats to go along w/ the guitar atmospherics. There is also the new track "D6add9".
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