Adam Kozie (Drums, Fridge Poetry) Michael Pasuit (Bass Guitar, Voice) Paurl Walsh (Electric Guitar, Voice) Kelly Wyse (Rhodes, Mascot) // Sean Waple (Art Direction) // // // // // //
Influences
Chavez, Jawbox, Fugazi, Don Caballero, Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Drive Like Jehu, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Rumah Sakit, Japanese Taiko drumming, Javanese Gamelan, Juno, Tortoise, The Boredoms, John Zorn and his Tzadik label, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Skeleton Key, Neu!, Can, Faust, This Heat, Brian Eno, The books, King Crimson, Blonde Redhead, Bill Hicks, The Benevento Russo Duo, David Tudor, Mr. Bungle, Albert Ayler, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Suicide, Dilute, Thelonius Monk, Merideth Monk, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Tuvan throat singing, bulgarian choral music, Radiohead, Tin Hat Trio, John Cage, The Cure, Gang of Four, Charles Ives, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Schaeffer, nearly all early musique concrete, Edgard Varèse, Claude Debussey, Maurice Ravel, Karol Szymanowski, Alexander Scriabin, Johnny Cash, Robert Johnson, Sunny Day Real Estate, Muddy Waters, Melt Banana, Mogwai, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Iannis Xenakis, Pele, Broken Social Scene, Television, Swervedriver, David Bowie, Far, Cornelius, Cursive, The Mars Volta, Christmas F's, Triathletes Pooping, Special Lemons, Faraquet
"Seattle's X-Ray Press rock with controlled chaos. Their songs bluster, pause, bristle, and vroom with unpredictable vigor. The singing's agitated, the guitars caustic and bruising, the drumming George Hurley–swift and –brutal. Anyone with Slint, Don Caballero, Minutemen, or Upsilon Acrux releases in their collection will find X-Ray Press a welcome addition to this angsty, angular canon." - The Stranger
"X-Ray Press put out. Their live shows are always exciting, high energy and weirdly memorable. The music is an original mash of 90s-era math rock elements - hints of Slint, Him, June of 44 - that deliver a unique abstract noise jam spontaneity, informed by the old school jazz background of at least one of the artists in the group. Highly recommended." - SPIN Magazine
"What X-Ray Press does is take what might be a perfectly normal song in another band’s hands and teach it to do things normal songs aren’t supposed to do. Time signatures change with each breath, jumping-bean guitar lines swap salvos with a bass that’s moving in the opposite direction and keyboard melodies pop in and out of existence randomly. Even the vocals oscillate between something approaching rhythmic singing and ragged screaming."
- Eugene Weekly
"Hell yeah. Jumping between jerky time signatures, with a jagged, frequently dissonant guitar opposite thundering bass-lines and fuzzy keyboard melodies, X-Ray Press got down old-skool Don Cab-style." - Seattlest.com
"There are the songs your mind will get lost in and there are tracks such as (She Tried) To Be My Therapist which give you a taste of a simple, humorous rock song." -Chico Enterprise-Reporter
"A lot of Valley residents are ditching the desert as of late, and are heading up north to places like Portland or Seattle. On Tuesday, August 11, a little piece of the Emerald City will be storming through Phoenix to show us why." - Phoenix New Times
"They’re a band to keep several eyes on." - Exoduster.com
Purchase our debut EP online at our label Tellous Records. 15% of all profits go towards poverty, arts, literacy, and women's groups. It is also available at CD Baby. And that whole iTunes thing, and Amazon, too.
I just heard the new songs! Really cool stuff! Its wonderful to hear that the band is stronger then ever. Congratulations you all should be proud. Do you still dress like dorks?
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
were coming up to seattle and playing the morgue and the fun house, i dont know what local bands there adding, but if you have an in, contact them, play with us talk to you guys soon Tigon
Click link above to listen to samples and order - $9.95 + s&h
Tampa Taiko is a professional drumming duo that has performed their unique style for a vast array of audiences, performing at festivals, concert halls, schools, workshops, summer camps, corporate and VIP events. Using a collection of taiko drums made by themselves from discarded wine barrels, Tampa Taiko has developed a dynamic fusion of old and new styles of drumming, bringing a contemporary vibrance to an ancient martial artform.
