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Perry H Matthews

About Me


"The Stay Awake guys were in the surprisingly large crowd at O'Leaver's last night to catch a show performed by some kindred spirits. Three weeks ago at The Waiting Room, I lasted about 10 minutes into Perry H. Matthews' set. They sounded like shit, sloppy and confused, especially compared to an always-tight Bombardment Society, which had played right before them. Last night was a different story. PHM plays post-hardcore/noise rock with mathy overtones. You get the usual squall vocals -- mostly guys angrily yelling into the microphone. The appeal is in the wonky arrangements and their energy. The set-up is two guitars, bass and drums. A guy standing by the door described them as "Baby Shellac" -- a tag on their just-out-of-high school (probably) age and their Skin Graft style. Their anchor was firmly seated behind the drum kit, the only thing that kept them grounded from inside a squealing tornado of high-end guitars. More bass would have helped immensely. The bassist knew what he was doing, but he could barely be heard in the rather brash mix. PHM has the same unbridled exuberance that I remember from '90s bands like Mousetrap and Culture Fire, artful noise for an unsophisticated world, they'll soon realize that they're playing to a niche market, especially in Omaha. Keep an eye on them." -Tim Mcmahan, lazy-i.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/01/2006
Band Members: Paul Borman
Kevin Donahue
John Laughlin
Paul Hansen
Jason Trabert
Influences: cologne, ejaculation. college sir, responsible.
Sounds Like:
chh chh chh, wreink wrou, vvrrrrrr du doot.

Record Label: Dutch Hall Records / DIY

My Blog

update as of thursday 11/20/08

Well we have decided to quit playing shows for awhile while we work on the tunes for the new album. Coming up sometime soon we will be recording tracks for an upcoming split 12" with Sarah Johnson, o...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:36:00 GMT

Omaha City Weekly Interview

Omaha City Weekly's Meeting the Bandhttp://www.omahacityweekly.com/article/2008/10/01/punk-s pirit-alive-and-well-perry-h-matthewsClick the fucking link and indulge in the glory of the dudes!
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:44:00 GMT

Tour.... Cancelation

We have decided to cancel the rest of our shows after Chicago. Up to this point we have had a great time, but with ridiculous gas costs and some broken gear we simply can not afford to stay on the ro...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:30:00 GMT

From the Brohouse 7"

The 7"s are for sale through us or at the antiquarium. They are entitled "from the brohouse" which is the now defunct house we drunkenly filled out the order form at. They have 6 tracks on them and ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:58:00 GMT

posters by fred hosman/update on album

Fred Hosman screenprinted 25 posters for the August 10th show with Bombardment Society, Eagles Blood, and Daisy. The posters are handnumbered and are for sale on his website (www.fredhosman.com). Fr...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:09:00 GMT

We have finished recording

Recently, we tracked 7 songs with Steve Bartolomei.  Everything is sounding great.  We plan on having a cd and possibly a 7" out by mid August or September. 
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:11:00 GMT

KC Photos Courtesy of Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones, drummer of the Bombardment Society, took some beautiful photographs of us playing at the Forest House in Kansas City. Check them out, enjoy them, get off to them. Thank you Kevin.-Perry H...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:56:00 GMT