Black Bananas
After three albums under the name RTX, Jennifer Herrema and
her bunch decided to flip the script, to kick open the doors of perception
a little bit . See, RTX was not Royal Trux, not a metal band, not
a 70's bar band and not a toxic substance; RTX was something, all of those
things and none of them and way more, including Black Bananas bubbling in
a witchy cauldron of their own herbaceousbrew. The title of a song on
their RaTXalbum detailed a bit of the recipe, taking elements often
tossed aside or thrown all the way out and combining them into something new
and worthwhile...a new strain of the almighty green - to feed and elevate the
hungry ones.
"I'm your garbage collector
I'll turn your trash to gold
What you cast off is what I hold,
End loafs of bread, black bananas and broken crackers
Scratched records, too dark pictures and torn jeans
All the shit that rips at the seams"
Black Bananas is set for the next all-inclusive rock
and roll crusade, the one that includes even and especially all the shit you
don't like, woven into all the shit you can't live without. This has been the
name of Jennifer's game from day one; she owns the blueprints and if you
don't know by now, don't even bother to Google it, cuz understanding is an
investment not an action. Jennifer Herrema is not schizophrenic nor does
she don many hats. She is simply a singer and simultaneously, a pioneer of
comprehensive non-exclusive opposition rock, and Black Bananas is the
latest addition to the oeuvre.
Brian Mckinley, Kurt Midness, Jaimo Welch, and Nadav
Eisenman have been ripping and running with Jennifersince 2002, when one
by one, they gathered serendipitously, borne by curiosity and the courage to be
part of something new. Each passing RTX record saw them wrapped ever
tighter in the burgeoning tongue of their own creation. Now, uttering their
twisted slang fluently as a unified dialect, they emerge as Black Bananas.
If you wanna hedge (-fund) your bets its best to get out in
front of this new national currency they are creating with Black Bananas. These
are the notes of the future; with Jennifer at the helm their worth will
grow exponentially. Invest!
Black Bananas first album Rad Times Xpress IV runs
the gamut from gnarly odes to reality TV in songs like "My House" to
future electric metallic GoGo sounds all conceived with scraps of influence
from Jennifer's childhood passions zig-zagged with other currents out there, creating
a sound that will take you to a specific place that only Black Bananas know
how to find.
Most of all, Black Bananas is the new band in town -
and they're fucking righteous.
BLACK BANANAS
05/11 Laredo, TX Old No. 2
05/12 Austin, TX Red 7 *
05/13 Houston, TX Walter's *
05/15 Atlanta, GA 529 *
05/16 Durham, NC The Pinhook *
05/17 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club #
05/19 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig #
05/20 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall #
05/21 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon #
05/22 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar #
05/23 Fargo, ND The Aquarium #
05/30 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore #
* = w/ Magik Markers, Dwarr
# = w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators
Black Bananas
Rad Times Xpress IV
(Drag City)
Street Date: Jan. 31, 2012
Track List:
- It's
Cool
- TV
Trouble
- Acid
Song
- Hot
Stupid
- RTX
Gogo
- Do It
- Rad
Times
- My
House
- Foxy
Playground
- Earthquake
- Overpass
- Night
Walker
- Killer Weed
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