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Fashion Week – Prêt-à-Porter

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Who do they think they are with that bio? Nirvana? They’ll never own enough plaid! The Ramones with that promo shot in front of the former CBGB’s with is now ironically a high-end fashion shop? Like they’d never look that cool in leather. I would have to agree with Rolling Stone’s senior editor David Fricke though, when he stated “The Ramones were the normal guys everybody loved to love,” in which I could see some parallels and ok, maybe the guitar and bass have some similarities.

This cheeky trio, Fashion Week, featuring guitarist/vocalist Josh Lozano (Jarboe, Cobalt, Family), drummer Carl Eklof (Victory at Sea, Lidia Stone, Inswarm) and bassist Oscar Albis Rodriguez (A Great Big World, No Way, Nakatomi Plaza) set forth their noisy full-length debut Prêt-à-Porter (Solar Flare Records), following up their self-released Applicator and Coextinction Release 11 with Coextiction Recordings. Though the line-up has gone through some slight changes, it’s safe to say the mood and original style has remained intact, with the recording and mixing of Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Keelhaul) and mastering of Carl Saff (Pigs, Sofy Major) ellipsing every into an even greater epic cacophony.
The album starts off with ‘Fendi Bender’ who’s lead in brings me back to 90s noise rock bands like Unsane but with a lighter tone, reflective of an externally cleaner, safer New York, who’s underbelly remains just as thorny and problematic. Sly bursts of Lozano’s raging hardcore vocals, supercharge post-hardcore melody as the guitar trails resonates with every note. Their video for it is now streaming on Metal Injection, featuring Jesse Madre of Tiger Flowers if you want to check it out.
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The third track on the album, ‘Meek is Meeznable’ pummels out catchy sludge riffs, the likes of Red Fang, scattered with raunchy distortion and melodic melodies. It’s as if Jawbox and Quicksand combined to form an amazingly chaotic yet progressive supergroup. After listening to the makings of this album about a year ago, my favourites continue to change, only proving Prêt-à-Porter continues to deliver with every listen.

‘Summer Line’ has a spacey, Failure inspired intro that makes it one of my favourites on the album, along with ‘Haute Topic’ who’s mysterious bass line I just can’t get enough of. For anyone who was a fan of 90s hardcore and noise rock, Fashion Week’s Prêt-à-Porter is a staple that should be added to your collection.

8.5/10

CHRISTINE HAGER


Video: City Of Ships – Alarm

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City Of Ships is streaming their music video for “Alarm,” off of Ultraluminal, out now via Translation Loss below.

Stream “The Light You Stole,” off of Ultraluminal below.

Since forming in 2006, City Of Ships has consistently impressed audiences with their distinctive brand of heavy, down-tuned melodic rock. Their third full-length, Ultraluminal, finds the band building sonic skyscrapers on the foundations laid by their previous two LPs. With its ten expertly-crafted new songs co-produced by veteran recordist Andrew Schneider (Big Business, Cave-In, Pelican) and mastered by Carl Saff (Guided By Voices, Young Widows), the album is an unequivocal game-changing declaration from one of America’s most compelling underground bands.

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City Of Ships Streaming “The Light You Stole”

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Post hardcore outfit City Of Ships is streaming “The Light You Stole,” off Ultraluminal, out March 20, 2015 via Translation Loss, here.

Since forming in 2006, City Of Ships has consistently impressed audiences with their distinctive brand of heavy, down-tuned melodic rock. Their third full-length, Ultraluminal, finds the band building sonic skyscrapers on the foundations laid by their previous two LPs. With its ten expertly-crafted new songs co-produced by veteran recordist Andrew Schneider (Big Business, Cave-In, Pelican) and mastered by Carl Saff (Guided By Voices, Young Widows), the album is an unequivocal game-changing declaration from one of America’s most compelling underground bands.

Ultraluminal marks its territory with expansive guitar work, growling bass lines, and thunderous drumming. Vocalist Eric Jernigan harnesses his trademark shifts from soaring, gravel-throated anthems into tranquilizing melodic bliss, just as the songs themselves effortlessly cascade in coruscating crashes. Tracks like “Alarm” and “Medata Blues” demonstrate immaculate poise and imaginative lyrical prowess as City Of Ships keeps a white-knuckled grip on their surging dynamics.

Ultraluminal Track Listing:
01. The Light You Stole
02. Alarm
03. Metadata Blues
04. Preeminence
05. Private Party
06. Illawarra Escarpment
07. Lost It
08. Hardwired
09. The Old Man
10. Mile High

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Fashion Week Streaming “Chorusace” Music Video

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Brooklyn based Fashion Week is streaming the “Chorusace” video, off their debut album Prêt-à-Porter, out February 23, 2015 via Solar Flare Records, here.

Stream “Fendi Bender” here.

Feb 21: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY (record release show w/ Retox, Whores, Primitive Weapons)

The FASHION WEEK sect unites a lovingly scummy cast of NYC amp-heads who have collectively deafened many humans through work with Jarboe, Man’s Gin, Nakatomi Plaza, Go Deep, Family, Vampillia and many more this millennium, who within this unit, dispatch a brew of belligerence that remains somewhat unclassifiable, although elements of an awesome host of influences course through the somehow cohesive creations. Engineered by Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Unsane, East Of The Wall), eight scathing works jam a half-hour of dynamic, grunge and noise-soaked, metallic freakout on Prêt-à-Porter, the entire album throwing enough twists, turns and surprises at the listener than a blindfolded pogo-stick excursion through a field of landmine-lined trampoline pits. One minute it sounds like Mudhoney took a wrong turn into a meat grinder at Quicksand’s joint, the next, it’s Botch fighting Bloodlet for wonkiest bass and most corrosive vocals, and when the really pretty clean vocal and piano passages slip on in, all bets are off.

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Lo Pan and Against The Grain Book Upcoming Tour

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Ohio riff rockers Lo Pan and Detroit rockers Against The Grain will be venturing on a tour together. Lo Pan will be supporting their Colossus album, out now via Small Stone. Produced and engineered by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Rosetta, East Of The Wall et al) at his own Translator Audio Studio in Brooklyn, New York and named for an ancient statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun, Helios, the record continues to raise the eyebrows of fans and media globally.

LO-PAN NxNe Tour 2015 w/ Against The Grain:
Mar 12: The Loving Touch – Berserker II – Detroit, MI
Mar 13: Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
Mar 14: The Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
Mar 15: TT The Bear’s – Boston, MA
Mar 16: Wonder Bar – Asbury Park, NJ
Mar 17: The Depot – York, PA
Mar 18: Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
Mar 19: Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
Mar 20: The Pinch – Washington, DC
Mar 21: 31st Street Pub – Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 22: Spacebar – Columbus, OH
w/ Abrahma:
Apr 09: Mudd Club – Strasbourg, FR
Apr 10: Paunchy Cats – Lichtenfels, DE
Apr 11: Rare Guitar – Munster, DE
Apr 12: Roadburn – Tilburg, NL
Apr 14: Black Sheep – Montepellier, FR
Apr 15: Maravillas Club – Madrid, ES
Apr 16: Rocksound – Barcelona, ES
Apr 17: Helldorado – Vitoria, ES
Apr 18: Le Volume – Nice, FR
Apr 19: TBA – IT
Apr 20: Altraquando Club – Zero Baranco, IT
Apr 21: Orange House – Munich, DE

w/ Black Pyramid:
Apr 23: Desertfest – Berlin, DE
Apr 24: Romer – Bremen, DE
Apr 25: Desertfest – London, UK
Apr 28: Sedel – Lucerne, CH
Apr 29: Gaswerk – Winterthur, CH
Apr 30: Das Bett – Frankfurt, DE
May 01: Schaubude – Kiel, DE
May 02: Asymmetry Fest – Wroclaw, PL

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