OVERNIGHT LOWS - 'CITY OF ROTTEN EYES'

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• 54GONE - LP & DL

  880270315215

• 54GONECD - CD

  880270315123

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Goner Records is proud to release City of Rotten Eyes, the debut from Jackson, Mississippi's Overnight Lows. It's about time. Marsh and Daphne Nabors, guitar and bass, have been playing out as Overnight Lows ever since their previous band, The Comas, imploded in early 1995. Goner and many other labels have badgered them to record for years. Their reluctance to release anything until now reflects both their disdain for musical trends and their quest for a recording worthy of their sound. With City of Rotten Eyes, they've achieved it. Playing everything "in the key of Hep C," the Overnight Lows mix a sick and sickened attitude with a classic Angry Samoans / Queers aesthetic: establish a blazing guitar riff, yell some memorable antisocial blather over it, hit a chorus, and get out. Who has time for anything else these days? Overnight Lows aren't going to waste your time attempting to show you the path to enlightenment or the way to your lover's heart. They'd rather show you the door. Melodies? Sure, kinda, but more like rhythmic chants to accompany you on your third trip back to the liquor store. The male / female vocal trade-offs add to the band's desperate charm. Marsh and Daphne are backed by chef Paul Artigues from New Orleans' Die Rotzz, a batterer of both drums and food. Artigues blew Guy Fieri's mind with his boudin-andouille hash and homemade bagels and lox on the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. His drumming, busy but focused, blows minds as well, extending his influence far beyond the already pass? "food-punk" scene. While not putting out records in the past few years, Marsh and Daphne played rhythm guitar and bass for the popular garage-pop band Lover! (Fat Possum Records). The Overnight Lows also achieved many bonus punk rock points by backing up legendary artist Ed Nasty for a mini-set at the Memphis garage rock extravaganza Gonerfest 6. "... Overnight Lows have an original sound that melds a dollop of retard drone with scorching guitar, and the end result comes off like a short bus packed with dynamite??party dynamite." -Victim of Time

Tracks

1. City of Rotten Eyes
2. So Well Read
3. Eyesore
4. Lipstick Burn
5. Dirty Looks
6. Static Scars
7. Shut Up Looking at Me
8. Bad Times
9. Low Road
10. Picked Apart (Left to Rot)
11. Second Guess
12. Last Meal for the Underachiever

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A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW - 'NITETIME RAINBOWS'

Formats

• OJO006 - LP

  616892078661

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Clear Vinyl!! LIMITED TO 300 FOR UK ONLY!! . An album of some of their brightest sounding songs to date. These are the sounds of a band falling in love, a band having fun. "Nitetime rainbows" always struck the band as a song that could be its own album, let alone EP/single. It was one of the most fun songs to record on Ashes Grammar, and it has the most elaborate & strange instruments on it -- from vibes to lap steel to bulbul tarang. Its partner song, "Daytime rainbows," was originally intended to appear on the full length but the band needed a bit more time to develop it. "So bloody, so tight" is one of the band's absolute favorite songs they've recorded to date & it's easy to hear why. The song is full of hope in a way the band has only hinted at previously. While the vocals are still low in the mix, the lyrics for this song are the first the band has ever shared. "Piano lessons" was the result of Ben, who cannot play the piano, sitting at the baby grand for many, many hours one night. By the end of the night he was deliriously pounding the keys, mashing as many as he could with his palms flat. Also includes three remixes by THE BUDDY SYSTEM, BENOIT PIOULARD & EZEKIEL HONIG.

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UK tour in April / May...

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VIVIAN GIRLS - 'MY LOVE WILL FOLLOW ME'

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• WW007 - 7"

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Fresh from their totally sold out UK tour of the past couple of weeks, the Vivian Girls unleash another killer tune, well two of them actually on a brand new single on their own label.....The single shows the Girls moving towards a more Spector-esque recording approach and showcases their intricate harmonies. Recorded in Brattleboro, VT with Kyle Thomas of Happy Birthday and King Tuff, who, incidentally, also plays guitar on the B-side - a cover of the Chantels' "He's Gone." Vivian Girls released their 2nd album, Everything Goes Wrong via the wonderful In The Red label last September and, over the last year, the Girls have toured the US, Europe, Japan and Australia, received a considerable amount of national and international press, and showing no signs of slowing down. One of the hardest working bands in America, the Vivian Girls continue to tour heavily whilst working on Wild World and recording new material.

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lots of it, pretty much everywhere...they ruled the UK past couple of weeks...

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