Seattle-based quartet BROKAW have confirmed
several Summer performances where they will unleash their noise-rock antagonism
upon the attending audiences.
Noisemongers BROKAW are regionally-infamous
for their raging live performances, where the mic stand frequently invades the
audience's turf as much as the stage, while the band pummels the room with
oppressively amplified riff mayhem. The band have just confirmed several
hometown galas for the Summer months, including a Good To Die Records-sponsored
afterparty for the city's annual Capitol Hill Block Party on July 21st, as well
as a support slot for local badasses Black Breath and Red Fang on August 8th. More
shows will be announced in the coming weeks as the details are confirmed.
Led by Seattle rock lifers G. Stuart Dahlquist, Mike
Henderson, Rick Troy, and Rich Medic, BROKAW is one of a breed
of new groups that are paying heed to the mean, masculine sound of '90s rock
outfits like the Melvins and Hammerhead. They meld that pounding attack with
the rumble of drone metal like Sunn O))) and the fury of hard rockers like
Goatsnake (both of which Dahlquist has spent time with both on stage and in the
studio). Mix in the influences of freeform jazz a la Miles Davis in the '70s
and the winking post-punk of The Fall and you get a sound unlike any other in
the heavy rock world today.
BROKAW's debut full-length Interiors was
recorded by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian Circles) at Electrical Audio, the
Chicago-based studio built and run by Steve Albini. A vital blast of fierce,
literate rock, it's a record that manages to bridge the sometimes cavernous
divide between lovers of experimental, post-punk sounds and the fist pumping,
devil horn flashing fans of metal.
Stream BROKAW's entire Interiors LP via
their Bandcamp page RIGHT HERE.
“Brokaw spits out an updated version of the amped-up and
agile ferociousness that labels like Alternative Tentacles and Touch & Go
specialized in back in the '90s.” – The Stranger
“Alas, the technology is still in progress for cosmic
sojourns to the house that David Yow built, but stop-gap relief is here in the
form of Brokaw.” – Seattle Weekly
BROKAW live shows:
7/21/2012 Comet Tavern - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill
Block Party after-party w/ Monogamy Party
8/10/2012 Neumos - Seattle, WA w/ Red Fang, Black Breath
10/06/2012 Seattle Weekly REVERB Festival - Seattle, WA
Interiors Track Listing:
1. Ambulance Red
2. Berlin Heart
3. No Morphine Doctor
4. Politicians by the Pool
5. Terms of War
6. The Slide
7. Time Ain’t Now
8. You Didn’t Invent Sex
BROKAW Lineup:
Stuart Dahlquist - bass
Mike Henderson - vocals
Rick Troy - guitars
Rich Medic - drums
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