Yet another stellar outfit from Louisville, Kentucky is the extremely surprising Prideswallower, whose out-of-nowhere debut EP on Auxiliary Records, "Lifeswallower", cranks out six almost shockingly memorable tracks in about 15 minutes (and you'll notice a pattern here... all song titles also end in "-swallower"). Recorded using a handful of microphones and a Tascam eight track with another mic and Apple's Garage Band for the vocals, the production is, well... raw. And I mean fucking raw. Which is partly what makes everything so unexpected here, 'cause you pop the disc in and kinda cringe a little bit when you first experience the crudeness of the tones, but then you get a grip on the songs, man! The songs! You immediately adjust to the sound quality because every damn song on the EP is fuckin' oddly catchy! And great! It's just weird, you've got this crude, gritty recording of these songs that mesh hardcore/punk, post-hardcore, and grungy, rocked out Amphetamine Reptile noisiness, but literally every one of 'em is packed with just the right amount of energy, melody, and memorability, so... it's an absolutely awesome EP. I'm actually extremely impressed, and wish I hadn't sat on this one for so long. Excellent work.
Prideswallower "Prideswallower"
Comments
I knew from the second the page opened up that it was a Ryan Patterson designed cover I was looking at.
1.7.2008 | By Carlos
Wow, that stuff sounds great! The production fits the song well, it’s raw and awesome haha. It kinda reminds me of the short lived but wonderful Mannequin.
1.7.2008 | By Fergus
That was awesome. I need this album.
1.7.2008 | By Carlzilla
Yeah, you’re right, this deserves better production. Has an early ‘90s vibe, or maybe Husker Du on steroids…
1.8.2008 | By Invisible Oranges
this is really really good!
1.8.2008 | By Anonymous
This is amazing stuff! Great tip there. I need to get this.
I even think the sound quality gives it an extra bit of charm!
1.8.2008 | By José Carlos Santos
impressive! most impressive!
1.8.2008 | By Tom
ryan didn’t design the cover.
1.8.2008 | By dude
At a glance I thought this was still the Trap Them album, heh. This is pretty sweet; in a way I like the lo-fi recording but I’d probably into a bit more if it was a bit more… professional? I dunno.
1.8.2008 | By andrew @ geekburger
TOtally diggin this, great stuff
3.17.2008 | By tim