Rekindling the Bros' youngest days, back when Welch was still in the fold, Past Lives presents a sort of alternate-universe version of what path these musicians might have taken together had circumstances been different... All context aside however, the four young men of Past Lives truly form like Voltron and go deep like a baby seal. - The Stranger
Suicide Squeeze Records is proud to announce the signing of Seattle's Past Lives. Past Lives is comprised of former members of THE BLOOD BROTHERS, Jordan Blilie, Morgan Henderson and Mark Gajadhar, along with Devin Welch, former guitar player of SHOPLIFTING.
Strange Symmetry EP is available for sale through the band's website now - www.pastliveslife.com - and will be available November 4, 2008 via Suicide Squeeze Records in the following formats: CD, DIGI & LP (with mp3 download).
Past Lives Bio:
They put down the filly Eight Belles at the Derby this year. She placed second on shattered ankles and then collapsed. Can't go on like that. They put down The Blood Brothers late last year. That band did their proverbial "thing" for ten years. That's a damn good run. Jordan, Mark and Morgan regrouped for another go. In Devin (late of Shoplifting) they found an old brother in blood and formed Past Lives. It's all very new and sometimes uncomfortable they say. That's a good thing I'd say. New earth forms beneath each step forward.
During the cold months of 2008 they recorded some new songs. Their friend, Dann Gallucci, engineered and mixed these sessions at Jupiter and Avast! studios in Seattle. Dann was in Modest Mouse and The Murder City Devils. He knows what to do. "Beyond Gone" announces the band's arrival with "no curtain call." Guitars seethe and snarl. Contempt hangs in the air. "Strange Symmetry" recalls the hypnotizing lock-step of The Monorchid. Continually building. Increasingly frantic. Finally breezy. "Skull Lender" rides a feral gallop of desire for memory erasure. The plinky din of jackpot slots couches the fateful ascent of "Reverse The Curse." Sparse glitches flash. "Chrome Life" is a Neu-inspired run to the sun. Guitars and synths awake bleary-eyed and bleed within carefully considered lines. There is a timeless collective instinct at work here.
5 songs. 15 minutes. All who've parted will one day meet again.
Strange Symmetry EP track listing:
1. Beyond Gone
2. Strange Symmetry
3. Skull Lender
4. Reverse the Curse
5. Chrome Life
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