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Tracks:
01. FYC
02. Water Damage
03. Bus Stop
04. Great Garden
05. Blimp (De Fook-Oh)
06. The Fifth Allen
07. Nasty, Freak
08. R.C.M.
09. Poisson
10. Dead Bass Thing
11. Jim, The Spelunker
12. Oui, Oui, Oui
13. Business Inspirational
14. The Troubles Should Be Died
15. Subtlights
16. Pancheerah
17. Skin=Chronized
18. Tokyo Bus Stop
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Rah Bras return with their first
release on Lovitt Records in three years with EPS, a remastered
collection of their three out-of-print EPs originally released
on Lovitt, Vermiform, and Lungcast Records. They establish and
fortify their unnerving pageant of synthy hooks, primal beats,
and bravado in this sumptuous release, a release that
serves as both bookends for their 2001 full-length on Lovitt (EPS compiles their
earliest and most recent material). Ever impossible to categorize, Rah Bras bundle
elements ranging from opera to Bollywood to new wave into one irresistible montage.
EPS is a sampler of sorts, offering a smattering of the different
genres that Rah Bras recklessly traverse. Bold and invigorating,
they refract their points of reference through infectious rhythms
and their unconventional vocals. Rah Bras are bombastic and scattered,
always allowing for different listens upon different encounters.
EPS offers
reinterpretations of musical conventions that have become stale or mundane,
especially in their live, mashed-up cover of the Isley Brothers' "Contagious."
This collection is as the Rah Bras should be heard. In a dizzying,
helter-skelter whirl of activity, Rah Bras pump through these 18
songs with verve and tension. First-time engagements may come across
as confusing to new listeners, while longsuffering fans will rejoice
at this collected output. Skittered drums, throbbing bass, and
brash keyboards are Rah Bras' hallmarks, and they never sounded
so good….
Rah Bras plan on touring the U.S. to support EPS. They have played
with such acclaimed artists as The Locust, Lightning Bolt, Arab
on Radar, Measles Mumps Rubella, Sightings, and The Faint. |