Floodplain
by Complainer
COUNTERZINE
COUNTERZINE
Sounds like being stung and trampled to death be angry wasps with very large, muscular legs. 10/10 would die again.
Favorite track: Busybody.
djhummingbirdfeeder
Thomas Haines
Eggy!
NevadaNate
sellmeagod
J. S. Scharenbroch
Marsha Fisher
Adam Shanley
Rick Brose
Benjamin Martinez
Oxherding
Ajay Khanna
Eric Hall
Ben Fairbank
Christopher Trull
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johnnypurplehaze
c4 the eXplosIVe
spkstl
Brendan Byrne
blight future
:D
Derek Schwartz
Eric Mora
gunkldunk
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Floodplain
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Shoplifters
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Dope
02:10
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Guts
03:26
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Caffeine
02:55
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Bored Organs
01:54
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Nervous Currents
01:49
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Busybody
02:34
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about
Booking contact: plasticnerves@gmail.com
Complainer features Mabel Suen (guitar, vocals) and Joe Hess (drums, vocals), ex-Spelling Bee, playing a unique and raw blend of noise-punk. 'Floodplain' is the duo's debut album and was recorded at Loundry Room, a literal laundry room in the small town of Hückelhoven, located in western Germany. Jörg A. Schneider (Jealousy Mountain Duo, Nicoffeine) invited the duo, lent them equipment and engineered the project over two days. Instruments were recorded live with no overdubs while the vocals were recorded in St. Louis, Missouri by Andy Peterson (Trauma Harness) at an old Lemp Brewery warehouse space. The album was mastered by prolific Germany record producer Guido Lucas, known for founding bluNoise Records and the kraut rock collective Lude.
The album's artwork was created by Curtis Tinsley, an ADT&R alum, whose work has been featured in VICE, Village Voice, Eleven Magazine, and more.
"Complainer has a timeless sound. The St. Louis post-punk duo (formerly known as Spelling Bee) would fit in with a giant crate of decades-old punk records. The Floodplain EP is a lo-fi haven flooded with buzz, hum and hiss. It's constantly moving forward with haste punching out riff after riff in a freeform swirl. Vocals bounce back and forth atop a wave of hi-hats and crashes filling up 8 tracks that feel more like one longer piece. It becomes mesmerizing...soothing.
The same framework from the band's 2012 release, Caterwaul, remains. It is not apparent who is following who or what came first, the riff or the beat, it exists as a wall of sound. Floodplain, however, feels in many ways more stripped down while also sounding fuller than previous releases. There are fewer pedals at play perhaps, but Mabel plays with more urgency, filling up space with sheer power. The immense concentration required to create a record so tightly wound passes on to the listener making for something of a catatonic experience. Floodplain is the perfect example of a "close your eyes and take it in" record moving beyond punk into atmosphere. Also, my two year old niece really dug it so big ups for that! Fun for all ages."
- Jacob Watkins, Already Dead Tapes, 2017
Complainer features Mabel Suen (guitar, vocals) and Joe Hess (drums, vocals), ex-Spelling Bee, playing a unique and raw blend of noise-punk. 'Floodplain' is the duo's debut album and was recorded at Loundry Room, a literal laundry room in the small town of Hückelhoven, located in western Germany. Jörg A. Schneider (Jealousy Mountain Duo, Nicoffeine) invited the duo, lent them equipment and engineered the project over two days. Instruments were recorded live with no overdubs while the vocals were recorded in St. Louis, Missouri by Andy Peterson (Trauma Harness) at an old Lemp Brewery warehouse space. The album was mastered by prolific Germany record producer Guido Lucas, known for founding bluNoise Records and the kraut rock collective Lude.
The album's artwork was created by Curtis Tinsley, an ADT&R alum, whose work has been featured in VICE, Village Voice, Eleven Magazine, and more.
"Complainer has a timeless sound. The St. Louis post-punk duo (formerly known as Spelling Bee) would fit in with a giant crate of decades-old punk records. The Floodplain EP is a lo-fi haven flooded with buzz, hum and hiss. It's constantly moving forward with haste punching out riff after riff in a freeform swirl. Vocals bounce back and forth atop a wave of hi-hats and crashes filling up 8 tracks that feel more like one longer piece. It becomes mesmerizing...soothing.
The same framework from the band's 2012 release, Caterwaul, remains. It is not apparent who is following who or what came first, the riff or the beat, it exists as a wall of sound. Floodplain, however, feels in many ways more stripped down while also sounding fuller than previous releases. There are fewer pedals at play perhaps, but Mabel plays with more urgency, filling up space with sheer power. The immense concentration required to create a record so tightly wound passes on to the listener making for something of a catatonic experience. Floodplain is the perfect example of a "close your eyes and take it in" record moving beyond punk into atmosphere. Also, my two year old niece really dug it so big ups for that! Fun for all ages."
- Jacob Watkins, Already Dead Tapes, 2017
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released January 6, 2017
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Already Dead Tapes and Records Los Angeles, California
All genre record label focused on small edition cassette, vinyl, and VHS releases.
Est. 2009
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