TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Plaster Hounds

LABEL: Gold Standard Laboratories

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 30min total- 44.0mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-02-17
RIP DATE: 2004-02-17

04 Three Hearts (Wasp)            3:49

06 Chalk Dust (Holy Water)        2:48

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CHROMATICS return with their second
full-length album, Plaster Hounds, the
follow-up to their recent Ice Hatchets
single (GSL76) which unveiled the
re-worked lineup of original
vocalist/guitarist Adam Miller and new
bassist/vocalist Nat Sahlstrom (as well
as the conspicuous absence, at the time,
of the other 3 original members). For
this full-length release, the dark,

combo have temporarily recruited
reknowned percussionist Ron Avila (of
GET HUSTLE, HOLY MOLAR and formerly
ANTIOCH ARROW and FINAL CONFLICT fame)
to round out their swirling, hypnotic
punk-dubs and help steer the band into

The resulting 10 tracks, recorded in
July 2003 by Jeremy Romagna at Type
Foundry Studios, are often-bleak
post-punk dirges that frequently
blossom with unexpected melody and
sophistication. Comparisons to NY
pioneers of the sixties and seventies
like SUICIDE and SILVER APPLES aside
(indeed theyve included a passionate
rendering of the APPLES 1968 classic
Program), CHROMATICS have succeeded in
reinventing themselves while paying homage
to the foundation laid by the original
quartet on 2002s Chrome Rats vs.
Basement Rutz album. Plaster Hounds is
the sound of the new minimalist
cacophony. Upon release of the album
CHROMATICS will tour the U.S. and the
world, crumbling eardrums like "plaster