Deconstruction and re-imagination. Skin Lake’s alternately bristling and lulling sound is that of archetypes deconstructed and re-envisioned; assimilated and intertwining, bumping up angrily against each other. Aspiring to more than merely a genre exercise, the New Bedford, Mass. quintet knowingly (and lovingly) dismantle the brutal self-indulgence of mid-90’s Screamo icons like Orchid and filter it back through a revolving set of stylistic lenses. Lush waves of psychedelic riffs and feedback recall British Shoegaze innovators Ride. Elsewhere emerge warm rhythmic drones indebted to the avant-garde compositions of Glenn Branca. Alienating blasts of snotty thrash-punk bisect shimmering post-rock crescendos. Skin Lake are equal parts indie history scholars and style-hopping smart-asses.
April 2009 saw the completion of their first demo, “Six Scrimshaw Dildos from the Basement of the Whaling Museum,†recorded by local hardcore legend Trevor Vaughn. The recording is available to download for free on the band’s Myspace page.
Informed by: Antioch Arrow, Neil Perry, My Bloody Valentine, Hedonism, Sonic Youth, Peter Saville, Debauchery, Mark McCoy, The Boo Radleys, Heroin, Rhys Chatham, Apathy, Jan Tschichold, Drugs, Louis Kahn, Mars, Swing Kids
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SIX SCRIMSHAW DILDOS FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE WHALING MUSEUM
Recorded, mixed, mastered, and engineered by Trevor Vaughan at The Colosseum
"...brings to mind early Gravity 7" releases while incorporating elements of post-rock with a Berlin wall of effected gizmos layered on top of one another like filthy bricks."
- Anthony Ferreira/Sheik Mullane/Spanish Dancer
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