ONCE AND FUTURE BAND - 'S/T'

Formats

• CF083 - LP

  814867022873

• CF083CD - CD

  814867022880

• CF083B - LP (COLOURED)

Details

AVAILABLE ON BLACK & COLOURED VINYL In the vapor trail of “How Does It Make You Feel,” the first track on this self-titled full length, one can smell the burnt ozone of a seventies-full-orchestra-nebula-pop-odyssey, the flakes floating down and landing like snow, giving grave-chills … the ash of a masterpiece pop song. Once And Future Band: this incredibly accomplished cabal of total prog wizards has circled the earth, but then, these are the accomplished gentlemen of many former pursuits (the formidable Drunk Horse among them) and all of them comets themselves. The very mid-’70s vibe at work here surpasses pastiche, and crests that lovely anachronistic conceptual peak: a fully realized and meticulously arranged psych record, meant to be listened to from top to bottom, with the lights down low and in a comfy chair perhaps, or while gazing out the window of your life pod. The Dark Side of the Moon feel, with shades of early Yes’s technicality, a dash of Steely Dan’s vocal prowess and effortless sheen, and some seriously outsized hooks that call to mind the mighty ELO, Le Orme and, yes, even the unsinkable Queen powered on Brian May’s tape echo jet fuel and sequined power cells. This is a head record in the classic sense but utter fealty to The Dark One insures both being trapped and infected by the pop-parasite. That it is largely self-produced (with tracking / engineering on three of the songs by Phil Manley at El Studio) makes it all the more jaw dropping. Making prog cool again, again, and then slightly more complicatedly, again.

Tracks

1. How Does It Make You Feel?
2. I?ll Be Fine
3. Hide & Seek
4. Rolando
5. Tell Me Those Are Tears Of Joy
6. Magnetic Memory
7. Standing In The Wake Of Violence

Press

For fans of The Dark Side Of The Moon,
early Yes, Steely Dan, ELO, Queen
ALREADY PLAYED A BUNCH ON MARC RILEY SHOW!!!

Audio & Video

WHITE DOG - 'SYDNEY LIMITS'

Formats

• AGIT043 - LP

  5060446121061

• AGIT043CD - CD

  5060446121054

Details

After their crushing debut 7" released in 2015, which saw lead single No Good get a full rotation to cult Sydney radio station FBi Radio and saw them join the stage with the likes of The Buzzcocks, Die! Die! Die!, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and The Meanies amongst others, WHITE DOG return with their debut album, SYDNEY LIMITS. Recorded in one day by Wade Keighran (The Scare, Wolf & Cub) and mastered by Nick Franklin (MAKING, Unity Floors, No Art), this is an album that follows the template of all great punk records - just shy of half an hour, but loaded with 16 tracks of intense, unrelenting punk. Much like the city it was bred in, WHITE DOG make music that has been pushed to the brink, but refuses to die. Taking cues from Black Flag, Cosmic Psychos, Venom P. Stinger and Sick Things, early US Crossover Hardcore ala COC/DRI, SYDNEY LIMITS explodes with deranged energy, seething with an anger that can only come from the forced nihilism of Sydney living. A cesspit of high costs and low value. Lose the bullshit, replace it with WHITE DOG. LP limited to 500 copies, cut at 45 rpm for extra bite…..comes with a DL card.

Tracks

01. Sydney Limits
02. Neck Up
03. Beyond Repair
04. Unproven
05. Downhill
06. Hard For You
07. Turnip
08. These People
09. Black & White
10. No Good
11. Pound For Pound
12. Pike
13. Whipping Boy
14. Gutless Wonder
15. Xman
16. Locked Out

Press

8/10 - Loud & Quiet. RIYL: Black Flag, Pissed Jeans..

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