DIVORCE - 'DIVORCE'

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• LSSN013 - LP

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NIGHT SCHOOL are proud to present the debut full-length album by Glasgow Divorce. "Divorce" is the culmination of four years of uncompromising noise-rock brutality. Having set their own standard with a brace of 7"s, EPs and split singles, released on a plethora of renowned labels like Optimo Music, Merok, Milk, Winning Sperm Party, Night School and Gravy - as well as extensively touring the UK and Europe - Divorce have channeled themselves anew into a miasma of hate and power that is their debut album. Since their formation in 2008 they have progressed from no wave dirge practitioners to an unique cult that blurs the boundaries of what 'punk', 'noise-rock' or 'metal' are presumed to sound like. Remaining slippery in definition but relentlessly focused, Divorce have evolved into a singular, incomparable unit. Recorded by Ali Walker at Glasgow's Arc Studio & Devil's Own Studio, "Divorce" finds the band pushing their furious sound further than ever before; a torrent of pummeling rhythms and serrated, overdriven riffs, extended freak outs and ecstatic push and pull dynamics. They have also explored their experimental tendencies more, incorporating power-electronics, white noise and, on the track "Stabby (Stabby) Stab", free-jazz saxophone (courtesy of guest musician James Swinburne). All this, combined with an over-arching determination to take their music to new limits structurally and sonically, makes "Divorce" a unified audio experience. Divorce are Jennie Fulk (vocals), Vickie McDonald (guitars), VSO (bass) and Andy Brown (drums). The album will be available on vinyl from 17th September. Screen-printed 3 colour sleeves (made by the band), inserts and download code POSTCARD. 1000 12" vinyl run, 500xgreen & 500xpurple. The band will be playing a select series of UK shows in September in the run up to the album's release:

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Press

"Fantastic blast of no wave thrash bashing like ungodly offspring sprung from Cuntzilla's incubator. A bloody smear of nasty mutation oozing a sickly runoff of infectious virulence. Naughty little bastards...." - LYDIA LUNCH

"Guitars and drums that work like whirring machinery, grinding gears and pumping pistons deep inside of some infernal machine. Imagine if a band like Aids Wolf got really excited about the Motorhead back catalogue..." - CVLT NATION
"No-one sounds quite like these Scots berserkers, they literally slay every venue they play in and are widely regarded as one of the absolute premier underground UK bands right now." - NORMAN RECORDS

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HOWLIN RAIN - 'WHEN THE MORNING COMES'

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• IMSO006 - 7"

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Limited edition tour only 7" for the upcoming Howlin Rain tour, a-side is a great cover of the Grateful Dead song "Till The Morning Comes", b-side is demo version of the album track "Collage", itself a cover of a classic James Gang track.. 1000 only being made, 500 clear blue vinyl, 500 clear vinyl... 250 only for UK sales... tour dates listed at the end of the email, dont miss this! the album "The Russian Wilds" is one of our albums of the year...

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Press

yes, in Uncut, Mojo, Classic Rock and more...

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WOODS - 'BEND BEYOND'

Formats

• WOODSIST062 - LP

  655035026213

• WOODSIST062CD - CD

  655035026220

Details

"For their seventh album, Bend Beyond, Woods got dark. It's not that they weren't dark before-when you really get in there and listen, Jeremy Earl is singing about some heavy stuff, but it's hidden under his gorgeous falsetto and sometimes obtuse lyrics. On Bend Beyond, though, Earl and company fully embrace that darkness. "Album opener 'Bend Beyond' has long been a jammy live staple, but here it's compact and tight with a stuttered guitar line and a worldending collision of instruments. Meanwhile 'Is It Honest' jangles along happily until you notice Earl is in a more destructive zone than the bright music initially suggests, singing 'It's so fucking hard to see' as both a form of comfort and an act of despair. "Instrumentally, Bend Beyond is certainly the most full Woods record yet; guitars weave and bubble across peppy drumming, but lyrically Earl is at his most direct and spare. While previous albums sounded like they went directly from Earl's brain to tape with minimal outside interference, Bend Beyond is lush and full-bodied, the work of a band in perfect, heavy harmony. Listening to the record as a whole, it feels like the most daring leap Woods has made yet: It captures the band's live intensity, but keeps the intimate sadness that made them so great in the first place." -Sam Hockley-Smith ? Seventh album from New York band ? Limited vinyl edition packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve and digital download coupon ? UK tour in September, extensive North American tour September to November

Tracks

1. Bend Beyond
2. Cali in a Cup
3. Is It Honest?
4. It Ain?t Easy
5. Cascade
6. Back to the Stone
7. Find Them Empty
8. Wind Was the Wine
9. Lily
10. Size Meets the Sound
11. Impossible Sky
12. Something Surreal

Press

Most accessible material to date. UK Press handled by Goldstar PR.

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