Fan Death Records fall 2012 - TACO LEG LP, PURLING HISS CS, Roomrunner tour!
What's up, suckers. We have two new releases and a big tour to announce. All of these are available at
our website.
FDR-034 - Taco Leg - s/t LPTaco Leg are the best band in the world. No, seriously. The Perth trio of Andrew Murray, Simon Morrison, and Richard Ingham has been blowing us away since we first came across their Myspace page shortly after starting Fan Death. The currently out of print Freemason?s Hall 7? (FDR- 004) may initially have confused and irritated listeners from Cottesloe to College Park, Maryland, but the record itself is an essential document of the recent Australian underground, two trebly tracks about architecture and boredom in Western Australia. Following that, Taco Leg released Painted Gold, a three-song 7? on noted Philadelphia rock label Richie Records/TestosterTunes, and had a US tour in late 2010 that coincided with the release of the McRib.
Taco Leg?s self-titled LP wastes no time in making its mark, its 12 tracks clocking in at just under 20 minutes. Many of these tracks barely crack the minute mark, but like their Perth punk ancestors from the Victims to Extortion, their songs are direct and lodge in your brain until you find yourself thinking about ?Raiders of the Lost Ark?. If you?re familiar with Taco Leg, the elements are all there - minimal guitar lines and stripped-down, proto-punk drumming, with singer Murray?s unforgettable voice intoning cryptic lyrics. This is the record where they?ve fully honed their sound, and very nearly have learned how to play their instruments. Whether it?s on the shambling swagger of ?Shut It Down,? self described ?Detroit hardcore? song ?Find Me,? or the tension of ?I Can?t Decide? (not a Black Flag cover), Taco Leg perfectly encapsulate the feeling of being young and bored without being boring.
Members of Taco Leg also appear in a number of other great bands, all of which are incredible and essential to check out, including: Pauline Manson, Constant Mongrel, Whalehammer, Pond, and Ringham?s garage-punk/ prank call project Ring.
RIYL: Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Bratmobile, The UV Race, Swell Maps, K Records 1982-1993 The track "Raiders" is available at our Soundcloud, but we're going to have a stream up of the record shortly.
http://soundcloud.com/fandeathrecords/taco-leg-raidersAlso note: tests have been approved for this LP, but due to an issue with the artwork that was entirely our fault (oops), they'll be in in about two weeks. If you place an order that includes the Taco Leg LP, it will ship in early/mid November once we get the records in.
FDR-035 - Purling Hiss - A Little Off-Center? (Live at WFMU) CSFor those who have been living under a rock,
Purling Hiss is the brainchild of Mike Polizze (Birds of Maya). Though the Hiss started out as a four-track bedroom project dating back to the earlier part of the 2000s, their killer sound and even more killer songs couldn?t just be restricted to vinyl. Merging the blistering guitar shredding of Les Rallizes D?nud?s with the pop sensibilities of GG Allin & The Jabbers, Purling Hiss released three LPs on Richie, Woodsist, and Permanent Records in the span of just one year, and later played their debut shows opening for Kurt Vile and The Violators in 2010.
A Little Off Center was recorded during the tail end of that first tour and reveals a band that sounds as if they?d been getting in the van for years. This cassette has choice live cuts from both the self-titled and Public Service Announcement LPs, along with tracks
that would appear on the then-unreleased EP, Lounge Lizards, subsequently released on Mexican Summer in 2011. Songs such as ?Run From The City? and ?Almost Washed My Hair? display the raw strength and control that Purling Hiss demonstrates live, while ?Voices? highlights their loose feel. By the end of this set it?s evident that A Little Off Center is way more than just a live release, it?s a document of a band staking their claim as one of the best rock bands around. It?s no surprise once you see Purling Hiss live that they?ve won over the bands they?ve toured with from Wilco to Dinosaur Jr. Expect a new LP from Drag City in 2013.
RIYL: High Rise, Mudhoney, Raspberries, Kurt Vile and The Violators, Les Ralliz?s D?nud?sSide A
1. Run From The City
2. Don?t Even Try It
3. Passenger Queen
Side B
1. Voices
2. Almost Washed My Hair
WFMU has this hosted at their Free Music Archive, which you can stream or download
here.
Also, Americans should be aware that Roomrunner are about to go on an extensive US tour, where they will be reviewing taquito quality of 7-11s across America. There are a couple off dates that are getting filled, so check out
their
tumblr for the latest updates.
If you have any questions (press-related or otherwise) or have issues with an order, email us at fandeathrecords@gmail.com and I'll put my BOOT to your LIP.
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