Named October 2014 Rolling Stone Magazine "Band To Watch"
Performing in Washington, DC and Philadelphia This Weekend in Support of Debut Album "Serious Heft" Out Now on New Atlantis Records
L- R: Stephen Buono (SPLIT/RED), Devin Hoff (Yoko Ono, Nels Cline, Cibo Matto), Mike Watt
SPLIT/RED LIVE:
10/31 Washington, DC @ Paperhaus
11/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
SPLIT/RED Named "10 New Artists You Need to Know: October 2014" by Rolling Stone Magazine
On the heels of their debut release, titled "Serious Heft," out now on Midwest experimental label New Atlantis Records, Philadelphia and Chicago-based pummeling punk troupe SPLIT/RED are spending the weekend celebrating their new album with upcoming weekend performances in Washington, DC and Philadelphia.
Currently in the midst of receiving critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, NOISEY, Magnet Magazine, BrooklynVegan, Impose and other punk rock and taste-maker publications nationwide, the band is already set to release the follow-up to their debut release, tentatively set for release in Spring 2015, also courtesy of New Atlantis Records.
Serious Heft was mostly composed during various trips to El Salvador. Inspired by the witness of heroic liberation theologians and freedom fighters, the record is informed by domestic oppression, injustice, and cultural repression. Fittingly, the medium here is punk rock that is unfiltered and untarnished by mainstream contrivances and compromises... Expertly captured to tape by Colin Marston (of Krallice), the record is bursting with searing feedback and the saturated, harmonically-rich sound of power tubes buckling. This creative space is punk rock, in both polemics and practice. Lumbering, thunderous rhythms are nimbly imbued with polyrhythmic propulsion. Massively articulate shredder, and New Atlantis veteran, Brandon Seabrook makes a dizzying appearance on the album's opener...
In spite of its brevity, Serious Heft makes a weighty impression. If you grab your copy on October 14, you can run the voodoo down with us. SPLIT/RED have shared the stage with Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, Trevor Dunn, Stinking Lizaveta and many more... Now, with this record in your stereo, they'll practically be playing just for you, inside of your very own house. Fans of Black Flag, Funkadelic, Amphetamine Reptile, Swiz, Saint Vitus, the Melvins, the Jesus Lizard, and Shellac take note. Let's do the damn thang.
"Serious Heft" Track List:
1. Manifest Blasphemy (Brooklyn Vegan Track Premiere)
2. Crown of Horns
3. Un Poco Foco (Noisey Video Premiere)
4. Road to Aguilares {for Rutilio Grande} (Pop Matters Video Premiere)
5. Cuban Heels
6. Scuzz Byrd