Here's something you might be interested in.
When great bands release a physical object as a manifestation of creative work, the community on the receiving end has options. You can: A. revel in the joy of yesteryear, and partake in the last vestiges of a time when the sense of touch had an equal footing in the world of sensory input, simultaneously celebrating the extra warmth of low-end frequencies enhancing pre-planned organized sounds - this would involve vinyl. B. Get a digital version of the album. C. Go to the record release show and revel in the now-ness of a live performance and perhaps pick up a sound-artifact documenting that night of your life, before your short time on this planet ends, as it will for all of us.
Beaters's record release show, which took place at the Soda Bar February 4th, unveiled the long awaited album Fishage, on Volar Records. Limited and numbered vinyl versions of the album were available while Northern Tigers, Tropical Popsicle, and Beaters took the stage.
In our phone chat before the show, guitarist/vocalist for Beaters, Jeremy Rojas, explains the name of the album, which is pronounced fish-age, as a reference to the end of the Age of Pisces - which represents "control, and... suppressed potential or suppressed information," whereas the next time period we are entering (Aquarius), represents "a flood, or destruction, or re-birth... like a golden age."
All of the songs tie into this theme, including White Hate, which refers to a "righteous hate, or pure hate, or good hate, if there is such a thing," meaning that hate can have a positive connotation if it is focused on the oppressive aspects of the age we are leaving.
Regarding why the album took so long Rojas tells me that aside from dividing up time and energy between Beaters and Ale Mania, which Rojas and fellow Beater Andrew Montoya are members of, "I just didn't really feel the need to give into the rush and the pressures" of trying to come out with the record at some specific time. Instead it was allowed to emerge organically, allowing time to make sure everyone was completely happy with the final outcome.
Fishage was recorded partly at House of Plenty by Chris Grundy, and finished at Pandemonium Recorders by Andrew Montoya.
Their bio refers to their sound as "mutant-noir-punk," and you can take a listen to the mutant sounds of their new record here: Beaters - Fishage
http://vimeo.com/13198584
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8thoYix3ZI
When great bands release a physical object as a manifestation of creative work, the community on the receiving end has options. You can: A. revel in the joy of yesteryear, and partake in the last vestiges of a time when the sense of touch had an equal footing in the world of sensory input, simultaneously celebrating the extra warmth of low-end frequencies enhancing pre-planned organized sounds - this would involve vinyl. B. Get a digital version of the album. C. Go to the record release show and revel in the now-ness of a live performance and perhaps pick up a sound-artifact documenting that night of your life, before your short time on this planet ends, as it will for all of us.
Beaters's record release show, which took place at the Soda Bar February 4th, unveiled the long awaited album Fishage, on Volar Records. Limited and numbered vinyl versions of the album were available while Northern Tigers, Tropical Popsicle, and Beaters took the stage.
In our phone chat before the show, guitarist/vocalist for Beaters, Jeremy Rojas, explains the name of the album, which is pronounced fish-age, as a reference to the end of the Age of Pisces - which represents "control, and... suppressed potential or suppressed information," whereas the next time period we are entering (Aquarius), represents "a flood, or destruction, or re-birth... like a golden age."
All of the songs tie into this theme, including White Hate, which refers to a "righteous hate, or pure hate, or good hate, if there is such a thing," meaning that hate can have a positive connotation if it is focused on the oppressive aspects of the age we are leaving.
Regarding why the album took so long Rojas tells me that aside from dividing up time and energy between Beaters and Ale Mania, which Rojas and fellow Beater Andrew Montoya are members of, "I just didn't really feel the need to give into the rush and the pressures" of trying to come out with the record at some specific time. Instead it was allowed to emerge organically, allowing time to make sure everyone was completely happy with the final outcome.
Fishage was recorded partly at House of Plenty by Chris Grundy, and finished at Pandemonium Recorders by Andrew Montoya.
Their bio refers to their sound as "mutant-noir-punk," and you can take a listen to the mutant sounds of their new record here: Beaters - Fishage
http://vimeo.com/13198584
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8thoYix3ZI