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About Me

Imagine yourself standing at the edge of an oily sea, all the animals that you would expect to see here are dead. They lie amidst the oil-slick rocks, desiccated bones showing through paper-like skin. In their stead, strange things walk, splash and fly here. They move slowly or frenetically, seemingly without purpose, like bad wind-up toys following some pre-planned and utterly pointless course. In the distance, constant sounds can be heard. Strange humming intertwining with itself and then separating, like huge grey snakes. Sometimes a piercing whine, then sometimes thundering percussive sounds like explosions or detonations. This is more or less what Unit 7 Drain is like.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/28/2004
Band Website: unit7drain.net
Influences: I is for Ida, Volume Volume, LongWave, Satan, The Arcade Fire, Kathrine Dunn, Hundertwasser, Ogdred Weary, Gira, Azrael, She Wants Revenge, The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Mazzy Star, Buck, Cub, Tortoise, The Mindy Set, The Oktober People, Ida, The Cranberries, Ricky Scaggs, Jeff Buckley, Pale, The Epoxies, The Smiths, Hemingway, Air America, Q, The BBC, The Pixies, Bauhaus, Galaxie 500, Portishead, The Feelies, The Au Pairs, Gang Of Four, PolyTone, The Waitresses, Pinback, A Cricket In Ti"mes Square, PBS, Kandinski, Miro, M.C. Escher, Mohlitz, Chris Newman, Regera Dowdy, Manplanet, Lush, New Order, Black Sabbath, Black Maria, The Gingerbread Patriots, Joy Division, The Hot IQ's, Ween, The Flaming Lips, The Prids, Supernova, Weezer, The Rentals, The Postal Service, Superchunk, Elastica, Skinny Puppy, Black Eyes And Neck Ties, TSOL, David Foster Wallace, Lush Rustler, The Black Heart Procession, The Magnetic Fields, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Bach,The Silversun Pickups , Mew, Killgun, The Lowlights, The Thermals .. , The Bellmont, More.
Sounds Like: This: LISTS is the testimony of a band that has reached ramming speed. Not only is it musically clever in every way possible, but this record makes me wonder and just a little bit afraid of about a thousand different things that happen in my head and heart every day. (And I can only assume that they're happening to everyone else at the same time, which just sweetens the deal.) Unit 7 Drain’s work is like a spotlight searching in a dark room, glancing off of the corners and flashing shadows on the walls. Shadows of things rarely look like the things themselves and there is something unnerving about that. -Jim Phillips Weekly AlibiAvailable in Albuquerque at Natural Sound.Or buy it online at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/unit7drain5
Record Label: Socyermom
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Song up! From our new album "LoveCraft"

This is the first track from our new record "LoveCraft" it's the first song in our player on here and it's titled: "60 Cycle (Blood Red Sun)". The new album is pretty different from anything else we'v...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST

"LISTS" wins best cd of 2006!

Our latest release on Socyermom Records "LISTS" has just won the coveted best rock album of 2006 award from the New Mexico Music Association! Thanks to the NMMA, all the other bands that we're up for ...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:59:00 PST

Chris Newman sponsered by Po-Boy drums!!

Our master of percussion Mr. Chris newman has received a sponsorship deal with Po-boy drums of Littleton colorado, he got an amazing set of Poboy's and touring and promotional support! Thanks Po-boy!w...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

"LISTS" now available at Music Go Round, and Natural Sound.

Our new album "LISTS" is now available at Natural Sound, and Music Go Round. The price is $10. This is what the Alibi Had to say about "LISTS"Before we really get started, let..s talk about Unit 7 Dra...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:52:00 PST

Unit 7 Drain cd release!!!

Hey there friends,Unit 7 Drain is releasing a new cd!!! This will be our fifth full length release on local record label Socyermom records, and will be our fifteenth release overall! the album titled ...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:26:00 PST

SELECTOR

A lot of people have been emailing us about where they can buy our latest release (thanks!) "Selector". If you are in Albuquerque, it can be purchased at Natural Sound, Mecca, or Music Go Round f...
Posted by unit 7 drain on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST