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Roaches is the first video from Snakehole's 12” debut on Wharf Cat Records!

Snakehole’s EP highlights the band’s intuition. In a tumultuous chain of reactions, we are taken on a ride through a spectrum of love and despair. Reacting off of one another, Autumn Casey and KC Toimil pursue their respective inner demons, chasing them in a relentless symbiotic attack.
Snakehole has been an outlet for female rage since the band’s inception in 2010. They have released primarily homemade cassettes, in addition to one self-titled EP last year with DIY Miami-based label, No Work Records. The band has mainly toured the noise circuit alongside Rat Bastard but has also shared the stage with the likes of Ice Age, Lust for Youth, and fellow Floridians The Ukiah Drag.

10/17/15 – Wharf Cat Records CMJ Showcase @ Palisades, Brooklyn, NY

10/31/15 – Record Release Show @ Churchills, Miami, FL

Past Press:
Snakehole interview on Delayed Gratification
Snakehole interview on She Folk

"Honeymooning" is from Holy Motor's debut LP, "Slow Sundown" out now on Wharf Cat Records. Order your copy here - https://www.wharfcatrecords.com/store...

HOLY MOTORS - SLOW SUNDOWN
2017’S EQUAL PARTS SOMNAMBULANT AND SULTRY SLEEPRYDR 7” WAS APTLY DESCRIBED AS “PSYCHEDELIC ROCK THAT HITS LIKE A DREAM DESPITE UNDOUBTEDLY SEEKING TO SOUNDTRACK NIGHTMARES” (-STEREOGUM). THANKFULLY, SLOW SUNDOWN, HOLY MOTORS’ DEBUT FULL LENGTH RELEASE, FINDS THE ESTONIAN DREAMCATCHERS UTILIZING A SIMILAR SONIC PALETTE RANGING FROM DARK PSYCHEDELIC POP TO SHOEGAZE-INFLECTED WESTERN MUSIC. BUT WHILE SLEEPRYDR, MUCH LIKE 2015’S HEAVENLY CREATURES 7”, PROVIDED ONLY A FLEETING GLIMPSE INTO THE DREAMSCAPE THAT THEIR MUSIC EVOKES, SLOW SUNDOWN’S EIGHT TRACKS OFFER A MORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE RIDE. WHILE THE GUITAR LINES FROM LONELY COWBOY BALLADS LIKE “HONEYMOONING” COULD EASILY SERVE AS THE CENTRAL THEMES FOR UNWRITTEN MORRICCONE SCORES, DYSTOPIAN ANTHEMS LIKE THE RHYTHMICALLY PROPELLED “SIGNS” BREAK NEW GROUND FOR THE BAND AND DEMONSTRATE THAT HOLY MOTORS ARE NOT BOUND BY THEIR INFLUENCES. THEMATICALLY THE ALBUM IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF SAD LOVE SONGS CENTERED AROUND THE IDEA OF MOTION – THE MOTION OF A SATELLITE ORBITING A PLANET, THE MOTION OF A PASSENGER RIDING SHOTGUN IN A CAR – AS IT RELATES TO STELLAR-SCALE AND EXISTENTIAL ISOLATION. PRODUCED BY MERCHANDISE’S CARSON COX AND RECORDED AT BROOKLYN’S KUTCH1 STUDIOS WHEN THE BAND WAS VISITING THE US ON TOURIST VISAS, SLOW SUNDOWN IS A BEAUTIFUL ALIEN ARTIFACT THAT DEFINITIVELY DELIVERS ON EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED BY HOLY MOTORS’ WORK TO DATE.

ABOUT HOLY MOTORS

HAILING FROM ESTONIA, HOLY MOTORS IS A FIVE-PIECE TWANG AND REVERB BAND FEATURING THREE GUITARISTS. THEY ARE COWBOYS AT HEART WHO COME OFF AS SHOEGAZERS BY THEIR PRESENCE AND DREAMCATCHERS IN THEIR MUSIC. IN THEIR TIME, HOLY MOTORS HAVE PLAYED ALONGSIDE BANDS SUCH AS KALEIDOSCOPE, CRAFT SPELLS, SIC ALPS, DIRTY FENCES, AND RIPS. THEY WILL APPEAR AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN 2018 AND ARE CURRENTLY ORGANIZING A SERIES OF US TOUR DATES CENTERED AROUND THE FESTIVAL.

STEREOGUM - HITS LIKE A DREAM DESPITE UNDOUBTEDLY SEEKING TO SOUNDTRACK NIGHTMARES

THE FADER - HOLY MOTORS MAKES SHOEGAZE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE OLD WEST

ADHOC - ALLURING IN THEIR DELIVERY, ENTRAPPING IN THEIR SUBSTANCE

Monk if from the Love is Hard LP out on 5/6! Pre-order your LP or CD here - http://wharfcatrecords.com/store/wgvv...

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Love is Hard Words by Byron Coley -

Although this Brooklyn trio is probably too goddamn youthful to care what the hell I'm talking about, there's a consistent vibe to their debut album that puts me in mind of great Cleveland bands of the last century -- from The Mirrors to Friction to Death of Samantha and onward. Something about the way Dan Wise's guitar mixes with both his singing, and that of Cory Feierman's, reminds me of naught but a Lake Erie fish fry. And the rhythm section, with Cory on bass and Will Schmiechen on drums, bears down on these twinned howls in a way that makes it possible to catch whiffs of the Dead Boys at their sharpest.

Perhaps this geographical anomaly results from the fact that Honey's line-up contains two veterans of the Wisconsin Dells water park scene and a native New Yorker, creating a mutant hybrid Ohioan in the process. But that is just theory.

The reality is that these guys are punching a lot straighter and harder than they did with previous units they've been in, and the results are a loud and royal blast. You still get a soupçon of sophisto texture deep in the interior of some of the tunes' architecture, but the main trajectory of the material has a brutalist immediacy. There are even parts where Cory’s voice conjures up a bellow recalling the long-gone Wolf King of Lodi. But all the tunes hit your head like a fox terrier shot from a bazooka.
This is a great, hard-edged slice of rock noise that blazes with a light far more forthright than I'd dared expect. How very fucking cool is that? --Byron Coley

Jeff Zagers "Still Alive" video from the LP "Still / Alive" out on 3/17/2015.
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Video by Philip Steiger - https://philipsteiger.com/.

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HAIR SO BIG LYRICS
Now you only see me now and again
but you remember way back when

Now I see you walking around with him
Now I see you walking around with her
You used to do a lot of walking with me
And I know you remember how that feels
Now I see you wearing shades so dark
Now I see you wear that hair so big
You used to do a lot of walking around with me
And I know you remember how that feels

Now you got a lot of money to spend
Don't got a lot of time to waste

Now I see you on my tv screen now I hear you on the radio
You used to do a lot of walking round with me
and I know you remember how that feels
Now they say you gotta get away now they say you bought a one way flight
You used to tell me baby we'd be alright and I know you remember how that feels

Urochromes - Trope House - Out 5/31
We are excited to announce that Urochromes’ Trope House album will be out on May 31. On their first long player, Urochromes complement their catchy-as-fuck punk bangers with colorful experimental rock that choogles forth like the waters of the Mississippi River Delta where it was recorded. There are classic Urochromes chargers like first single “Hair So Big” and the catchy kiss-off “Millieux” that pair Dick Riddick’s concise and explosive playing with some of Jackieboy’s best sketches of uptight, paranoid characters on the edge. 

“Rumshpringa” plays it straight with a beautiful slow-burning riff and soul-searching lyrics (”When do I get my Rumshringa?... / I want to lean back in time like that Tower of Pisa”); it’s a new Urochromes classic where Riddick’s licks spark and lilt through the bridge toward the closing verse’s poignant refrain. The more experimental tracks, like the unhinged cover of Bikini Kill’s “Resist Psychic Death,” must be heard to be believed and show a band that gives not the slightest fuck about acceptance within the circles of boring cookie-cutter punk.

Combining the raw sound of Gary Wrong’s Jeth-Row Studios, where the album was tracked with the talents of longstanding Urochromes engineer Will Killingsworth (Dead Air Studios), Trope House delivers the most hi-fidelity Urochromes recording to date without sacrificing any spontaneity or power. Featuring artwork by John D. Morton (Electric Eels). Mastered by Carl Saff. First Edition of 1000 vinyl records.

Urochromes Bio

Since their formation as a guitar & drum machine duo in a Hadley Massachusetts farmhouse in 2015, Urochromes have releases 3 7” EPs and a compilation. They have toured the United States, Canada and Europe each time with different instrumentation and lineup in addition to the core members of Jackie Jackieboy and Dick Riddick. At times, the live band has included members of GLOSS, Half-Hearted Hero and Digital Manure. They have played with a diverse list of artists like Chrome, Little Howling Wolf, and Show Me The Body. In 2017 Pitchfork commented in a review of their Night Bully EP that their “unpredictability lends them a rare star quality.” In 2019 the band will release their debut long player, Trope House and tour North America and Europe.

“Ride Your Horse 騎你的馬” from the Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 LP
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“Ride Your Horse 騎你的馬” written, recorded and performed by Gong Gong Gong
Produced by Gong Gong Gong and Jonathan Schenke
Mastered by Carl Saff

Music video filmed in Beijing, China

Directed by Liu Yi and Joshua Frank
Starring Richard Tse
Director of Photography: Joshua Frank
Camera: Jin, Liu Yi
Editors: Liu Yi, Joshua Frank
Colourist: Jia Li
Production Assistant: Er

A HiLo Production

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About Phantom Rhythm

Guitar-and-bass duo Gong Gong Gong charges out from Beijing’s underground scene with a distinct vision and uncompromising sense of purpose. The group unites musical cultures, drawing on inspirations as wide-ranging as Bo Diddley, Cantonese opera, West African desert blues, drone, and electronic music. 

Gong Gong Gong eschews traditional rock percussion, but on their debut LP, Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏, the locomotive chug of Tom Ng’s guitar combines with Joshua Frank’s thumping, harmonics-laden bass lines to conjure an aura of ghostly snare hits and timpani overtones. Over Frank’s enigmatic melodies, Ng sings in Cantonese, piecing together abstract tales of absurdity, doubt, desire, and lust. Synchronized to the point of near-telepathy, the band use their minimalistic tools and idiosyncratic playing style to challenge the notions of rock n’ roll and strip the form down to its bare essentials: rhythm, melody, and grit.

About Gong Gong Gong
 
Formed in 2015, the band’s earliest shows were in Beijing underpass tunnels and DIY spaces. Ng and Frank are both outsiders who call the city their home: Ng, who was born in Hong Kong, defiantly sings in his native tongue, while Frank, originally from Montreal, has lived in Beijing on and off since childhood. (He is the English translator of Ng’s lyrics, adding another layer to the duo’s close collaboration). The duo is set to follow up the release of the Siren 7" with the release of the Phantom Rhythm album in the Fall of 2019.

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Soaker was formed in New York City. Their self-titled EP is both a distillation of their ferocious live set, and an expansion of scope. Part punk, part noise rock, part art-damaged sludge metal, this is a record that suggests elements of Flipper’s Generic, Dope Body, and the gothic bombast of The Birthday Party. Fittingly, Soaker’s debut vinyl release was produced by Carson Cox of Merchandise/Death Index who has recorded many like-minded punk and noise acts like Cult Ritual and Dads (to name just a few).
Here, Soaker feast on contrast; they are equal parts reckless exuberance and relentless nihilism, militant precision and sprawling chaos. Heaving inside Cox’s visceral, claustrophobic production, the rhythm section of Monteiro and Dorenfeld pound at the gut, powering the songs with a fierce, unstoppable energy – a throwback to their formative years in Boston’s hardcore scene. Around this, Stockdale’s guitar churns and bends, dueling with his own arresting vocals that are equal parts staff sergeant and werewolf. Elsewhere, feedback eddies, dogs bark and noise disintegrates into itself. But despite the darkness and the disaffection, this is an album to be played loud, in a room full of people, at the knife-edge between excitement and aggression.

Check out more of director Valarian Zamel's work here: www.valerianzamel.com

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About The Video by Valarian Zamel:
Votaries' "Trick Tomorrow" has a wonderful quicksand feeling to it, as soon as I heard the song I felt as if I was being pulled into dark waters. When I came on the project as Director, I knew I wanted to create a Music Video that had that similar quicksand feeling, a hypnotic journey into ones self. Starring Amanda Graeff, the Video depicts a slow, hypnotic descend into darkness, while also evoking the surreal, and dreamy aesthetics of the song.

Crew:
Written/Directed by: Valerian Zamel
Cinematographer: Steve Carter
Starring: Amanda Graeff / Ines Oliveira
Edited/Produced by: Valerian Zamel
First A.D: Rosa Navarrete / Damian Gonzalez
Key Grip: Haneul J. Sky Kim
P.A.: Geovanni Ochoa
Colorist: Keith Matz

Video by Lily and Ani

Special Thanks to:

Rosie Nalle
Simon Hanes
Sophia Orlow
Nina Ryser
538 House

January-March 2017

Pre-order Why Do You Look Like Your Dog? LP or CD here - www.wharfcatrecords.com

Macula Dog is a 4-person electronic duo from New York City, making music that is just as much pop as the performers are human; its unclear. Mechanical instrumentation played with an inebriated-mule-like precision. They played their first show in January 2014, and quickly added members Mark and Bruce to take on additional space. The band released their self-titled EP on Haord Records in October 2014, with a subsequent reissue on Ramp Local! (Wharf Cat subsidiary) in Mid-2015. While becoming known for their theatrical live shows across the Northeast US, Macula Dog has made numerous TV and radio appearances, with live sets on WNYU's New Afternoon Show, Know-Wave radio, and The Special Without Brett Davis, and additionally with themes for Adult Swim's Live Crossword Puzzle show, and NYC public access programming.
Macula Dog will now release their debut full length LP, Why Do You Look Like Your Dog? Asking, do we begin to look like our "dog"? Or are we looking for a "dog" like us? Did intense collaboration and cohabitation morph its participants into one legal unit or act as the initial hammer-blow to the wedge of disownment? Can a fabricated family adopt the nuclear bonds of its atomic counterpart? "WDYLLYD" is much like a rock: very accessible but too much to swallow.

PRESS -
Tiny Mix Tapes Premiere of “Lawnmower” - http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate...

PAST PRESS -
Noisey Interview w/ Macula Dog - http://noisey.vice.com/blog/macula-do...

Bambara - Monument [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

"Monument" is from the Shadow On Everything" LP out now on Wharf Cat Records. Order LP/CD here - https://www.wharfcatrecords.com/store...

Credits:
Directed by Bambara
Filmed by Tim Ciavara
Exterior Footage by Erik A. Burdett
Edited by Blaze Bateh
Starring Merlin Monroe

Directed by Karen Cinorre - www.karencinorre.com

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“Heavily Anticipated 12” Debut by Miami’s Snakehole”

Snakehole’s EP highlights their intuition. In a tumultuous chain of reactions, we are taken on a ride thru a spectrum of love and despair. Reacting off of each other, Autumn Casey and KC Toimil pursue their respective inner demons, chasing them, in a relentless symbiotic attack.

Snakehole has been an outlet for female rage since it’s inception in 2010. The band has primarily released homemade cassettes, along with a self titled release last year with DIY Miami based label, No Work Records. The band has mainly toured the noise circuit alongside friend, Rat Bastard.

Video by ZZ Ramirez and Aaron Demuth