TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Chrome Rats VS Basement Rutz

LABEL: Gold Standard Laboratories

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 40min total- 58.3mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-04-01
RIP DATE: 2003-04-02

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Seattle's CHROMATICS follow-up their
recent split 7" EP with their debut
full-length release. Recorded in
Portland in early 2002, and produced
by Jonny Jewel of GLASS CANDY & THE
SHATTERED THEATRE, Chrome Rats...
chronicles this explosive,
sexually-charged punk band's maturation
- and subsequent implosion; 3/4 of the
band bailed out when this thing was 'in
the can' leaving vocalist/songwriter Adam
to pick up the pieces (as he has done, I
might add, and remarkably well).
Thirteen hi-fi tracks of writhing,
claustrophobic venom that recall all
the things we love about SCREAMERS, THE
FALL, MECCA NORMAL, and JOY DIVISION
while forging genuinely provocative new
ground. Adam handles vocals on most
tracks, but drummer Hannah, bassist
Michelle, and guitarist Devin also
contribute here and there, underscoring
the band's obvious gender-matching as
well as their socio-political
concerns. For the uninitiated,
CHROMATICS is the evolution of SOILED
DOVES, a short-lived Seattle band
featuring Adam, Hannah, and Devin, as
well as BLOOD BROTHERS co-vocalist