STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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January 26, 2012

Peter & Craig/Erode and Disappear – split 7” EP (self-released)

Peter & Craig (their real names) revisit the time-honored indie rock guitar/drums/tuneless vocal format, plowing through unintentional odd meters and fIREHOSE- or Phantom Tollbooth-style stops and starts with slop and gusto. But the silly in-joke lyrics of tunes like “Rocky” (about the movie “Rocky”) and “Peter & Craig Practice Today” (about Peter and Craig practicing today) inevitably date songs that are otherwise brief and catchy enough to remain interesting. They’ll learn. Regardless, this would probably be a fun band to see in the context of a basement or warehouse show, where the scent of potluck vegan food commingles with patchouli and BO from a throng of dancing bike punks. No information as to Erode and Disappear’s membership is provided, but it sounds like two bassists and a drummer augmented with electronics that simmer and squiggle just above the noise floor. The side-long “Fire on the Wind” swings hard with its throaty double basslines and a vocal that vacillates from stentorian to crazed. We award extra points for correct use of a fadeout on the modal riff as catchy as any of those extended codas that Sabbath padded their earlier records with. The thick purple/lavender marble vinyl is rad and the two-color screen print cover sharply illustrated; but c’mon son, among at least five guys involved in this release did no one think to include any contact info? 500 copies. (http://www.erodeanddisappear.com)
(Adam MacGregor)

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