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Tropic of Nelson

About Me

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Please email [email protected] for booking inquiries.
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Tropic of Nelson is comprised of four young men eager to unveil their unique 21st century rock formula to the world. Taking cue from the previous decade’s finest testosterone imbued acts (Drive Like Jehu, The Jesus Lizard, Shellac…) the Brooklyn based quartet filters intricate guitar interplay through a veil of disjointed melodies and noise. After spending over a year and a half behind closed doors meticulously honing their sound, the band emerged this past winter mature well beyond adolescence; a finely tuned machine bound to engage the most callous of audiences. Their live performances are a powerfully visceral experience that will leave your ears ringing and begging for more.
Take a dip in the Tropic.
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"Tropic Of Nelson will make you want to paint your walls red and slam dance with your roomate, then maybe hug and drink a beer and talk about how awesome that Torche record was last year. The Brooklyn band--who were nice enough to let us premiere these two songs, fresh out of mastering--make a lot of nods to groups like Portraits Of Past and Ignition, hardcore bands from the nineties that realized a) they could count good and b) the macho thing was played out, so why not start writing stuff in weird time signatures with chords that make your fingers hurt and not scream so loudly. But it's 2009 now, and these guys are doing their thing in a most unfashionable time, ripping yarnball guitar parts and sweating it out at shows where there isn't a laptop in sight."
- RCRD LBL

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/10/2007
Band Members: Mike Barron - Guitar/Vox Eric Laska - Bass/Vox Christoph Hochheim - Guitar Anton Hochheim - Drums
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

What's happening with Tropic?

As of right now, Tropic of Nelson is on hiatus. One day, we will play again. In the meantime, check out everyone's other projects:North HighlandsThe Depreciation GuildPains of Being Pure at HeartWe st...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:03:00 GMT

NY Press Live Show write-up

http://www.nypress.com/blog-3331-tropic-of-nelson-grandchild ren-and-rad-racket-play.html
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:34:00 GMT

RCRD LBL write-up/exclusive download

Check it:http://www.rcrdlbl.com/2009/01/29/exclusive_new_download_ tropic_of_nelson_arbiter_direction
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:28:00 GMT

UPDATE

We got ourselves 3 awesome shows in the next two weeks...everyone should come. Just recently we got added to a show with some buds from Chicago, The Poison Arrows over at The Mercury Lounge. Sept 12th...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:04:00 GMT

happenings and such

Okay, so we were supposed to record in June, but due to our crazy schedules this summer, it got pushed back once again.NOW, the twins are coming back July 28th and we are going to get in full swing mo...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:54:00 GMT