Graveface Announces New Albums from Power Pill Fist and Experimental Aircraft out February 26th * Black Moth Super Rainbow Announce US Tour!
Power Pill Fist
Kongmanivong
When Ken Fec isn’t collaborating with his other outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow where he’s helping to create some of the glossiest and narcotic induced drizzling sunshine pop kookiness, he’s serving as the brainchild of Power Pill Fist, an entity at the helm of some chunky ass, psychotropic, skewed bliss.
Rest assured Fec isn’t just some fly-by-night knob twiddler but instead a visionary with a true penchant for manipulating the Atari 2600 tossed into the mix with a mind-boggling night where Ennio Morricone, Kraftwerk, and Black Dice paint the town red. Still going strong as the resident DJ for Graveface Records where he puts on sets sans spinning the records between the live sets of the artists from the labels roster, Fec’s second release, Kongmanivong, under the Power Pill Fist moniker perches him atop the summit of modern day experimental music.
Kongmanivong is a hearty collage of hazy dub resonance and sticky funk with the abrasiveness of early industrial paladins such as Nitzer Ebb and Frontline Assembly. Even though the most seasoned of noise rock fans will dig it, Kongmanivong keeps the squalls of fuzz abundant but simmers them down into a disturbing procession of skronky techno and globs upon globs of post-modern meets neo-Krautrock all underlined with a seedy pop underbelly that is enigmatically and simultaneously jarring and soothing. Never have the terms “bi-polar” “haywire” and “ambient” been able to be tossed around freely in a single summation of music as they are when mentioning Kongmanivong.
Stream Kongmanivong here!
"Kongmanivong" Tracklist
YFF, Lou Pappans
Sagadraga
Fisticus 2:36
Vile
Man Ribbon
Honey, Stroke My Neck Beard
Chuckanut Drive
Contours Gaining Shape
Bland Hand Stand
R4eactor
Rychlo Never
Sloth
The Meat Tree
Sike
Power Out
Power Pill Fist Live!
March 15th - SXSW Graveface Records Showcase Austin, TX
Black Moth Super Rainbow US Tour!
12-Mar Norman, OK @ Opolis
15-Mar Austin, TX @ Thirsty Nickel for Graveface
Records SXSW showcase w/ Kid Dakota, Experimental
Aircraft, Power Pill Fist, Dreamend, Laura Gibson
18-Mar Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory
19-Mar San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
21-Mar Portland, OR @ Holocene
22-Mar Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
25-Mar Denver, CO @ Orientel Theater
28-Mar Madison, WI @ U of M.
29-Mar Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/powerpillfist
www.myspace.com/blackmothsuperrainbow
www.graveface.com
Experimental Aircraft
Third Transmission
Experimental Aircraft could be 2008’s version of The Pixies if they were slowed down to a crawling halt and layered in atmospheric dust. Or, at times, they sound like a more pummeling version of The Cure (how can this be?). If the band’s upcoming album “Third Transmission” were released in 1991, there is no question it would be among the most popular releases of its time. A forward thinking album for shoegaze fans everywhere, “Third Transmission” brings us back to some of the greatest bands making music in the nineties ie The Jesus and Mary Chain, All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, Antarctica, or Stereolab (which is to say, “Third Transmission” could have legendary status). Although their sound reminds us of an era since gone by, there is no question that their music is still more than relevant today (what’s that? My Bloody Valentine has reunited? Yes!).
Hailing from Austin, TX, Experimental Aircraft are among the latest signings to the Graveface Records imprint, that fine Chicago-based label who recently brought you new hits from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Appleseed Cast, The Octopus Project, and more, so you know this is legit, and if you really know this label, odds are you know it’s probably going to blow your mind. Already being heralded by URB’s Next 100, Experimental Aircraft can be described with words such as “lush,” “ethereal,” “soothing” and “beautiful,” thanks to front-woman / guitarist Rachel Staggs’ gorgeous, breathy-yet-apocalyptic vocals and heavily distorted instrument. When TJ O’Leary takes over front-man duties, his sound is desperate and tortured, recalling Robert Smith’s shout-cry that made his band so timeless and important. O’Leary’s duties also lie in distorted guitar which adds to the heavily layered sound currently blowing out your speakers.
Innovative and impressive, Experimental Aircraft prove they can stand the test of time and reign supreme in a genre that desperately needed a new face to the name.
Stream Third Transmission here!
"Third Transmission" Tracklist
Stellar
Upper East Side
Overseas
Kali Yuga
With a Gun
Sit Still
It Won't be Long
Paintings in the Attic
Start all Over Again
So Simple
Remember
LoFi vs the Sea
Walk Away
Agent 23
Meet Me on Echo Echo Terrace
Experimental Aircraft Live!
March 15th - SXSW Graveface Records Showcase Austin, TX
US Tour in April!
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/experimentalaircraft
www.graveface.com
