Aquarius Records on the Anatomy of Habit LP

"There was a zine produced by power electronic antagonist Mark Solotroff, back in the mid-'90s, called Rape Of The Angels. In one issue, he wrote rather poignantly about two new projects which then were mostly unknown - Brainbombs and Bodychoke, describing them as two sides of the same abject-rock coin with one side aligned with the bacchanalia of the Stooges and the other the melancholy of Joy Division. At the time, Solotroff's principal outlet for his power electronics was Intrinsic Action, which was shameless in appropriating Whitehouse's ultra-violent posturing and searing noise. But since, Solotroff has ventured into a whole host of projects with various aesthetic differences, but all of which maintain an axis of grime, sleaze, transgression, and violence. Anatomy Of Habit is Solotroff's first venture into an outright 'rock' context, after the punishing electronics of Bloodyminded and the bleak coldwave of A Vague Disquiet; and here, it all comes back around to Brainbombs and Bodychoke (although more Bodychoke than Brainbombs) with Anatomy Of Habit. Formed around Solotroff, drummer Dylan Posa (Brise-Glase, Cheer Accident), Greg Ratjczak (Winters In Osaka), Kenny Rasmusen, and Blake Edwards (Vertonen), the band is a steamroller of huge Swans / Neurosis riffs chugging out of crawling rhythms, and lots of bad vibes. Both sides of the wax are sprawling numbers that hypnotically build out of interlocking guitar and bass that steadily builds towards a distorted, crushing climax with dextrous turns toward powerdrone sludge. Solotroff, with his years of barking like William Bennett, has turned into quite a deft vocalist with his baritone in perpetual motion amidst the roiling noise-rock, coming across more like a cross between Jaz Coleman and Michael Gira. Well worth checking out."

Anatomy of Habit - 1/25 - Video Clip

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B!158 Josh Hydeman "Madison's Fence" LP - Update 4

Test pressings for the Josh Hydeman "Madison's Fence" LP have arrived and they are being reviewed for quality, prior to approval.  More details soon, as the release date is nearly in sight...

Anatomy of Habit - Recording Update

Anatomy of Habit has completed the recording of two new songs with John McEntire (of Tortoise) at Soma Electronic Music Studios.  Everything went extremely well and we left with rough mixes to listen to.  We will schedule one final day of mixing with John, in February, to fully wrap things up. More details to follow...

Anatomy of Habit recording with John McEntire

Press release re-post: "Chicago-based doom-metal/post-punk/shoegazer hybrid Anatomy of Habit launch into their second recording sessions, and for this set of songs, they have chosen to work with noted engineer John McEntire at Soma Electronic Music Studios in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. McEntire, well known as the drummer of the band Tortoise, has a deep list of recording credits, including work with diverse bands and artists such as Stereolab, Blur, Bright Eyes, Teenage Fanclub, Tom Ze, The Ex, Smog, Trans Am, Eleventh Dream Day, Antibalas, Dianogah, U.S. Maple, The Fiery Furnaces, Broken Social Scene and Four Tet."

Poster for February 25, 2012 show

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