Saredren Wells’s debut LP, “Memories are Hunting Horns…,” is unmistakably a product of and tribute to his home. As Wells describes, "When I started making the album, I wanted it to be a kind of homage to the city of Louisville, to its musical past and the artists who we all, as Louisvillians, grew up listening to." To that end, Wells made a real effort to connect the dots of his musical past. He contacted many of his childhood artistic heroes, including David Grubbs (Gastr del Sol) and Brian McMahan (Slint, The For Carnation), who became something akin to spiritual advisers, and Rachel Grimes (of famed chamber collective Rachel's), who he asked(she politely obliged) to oversee him in his string writing efforts. Wells then tracked the album with a string of Louisville luminaries, doing initial work with Paul Oldham(of Palace Brothers fame) and Parlour/Sapat's Steve Good(who engineered an Evergreen 7” Wells was fond of growing up) before finally settling in with friend and producer Kevin Ratterman (Elliot, Wax Fang), who served as a kind of project supervisor, helping to piece everything together and capture whatever final performances were needed. Wells then travelled to Louisville's historical artistic sister city, Chicago, IL, doing final touch-ups and mixing both at John McIntyre's (Tortoise) SOMA Studios and Steve Albini's (you know who Steve Albini is) Electrical Audio. Looking back, Wells figures he worked with just about every artist that influenced him while he was growing up. “It's pretty amazing, really. I got to meet and work with many of the people who have made this city what it is, and with their help and encouragement I made the record I've always dreamed of making.”
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Somewhere in-between the small glimmer on a metal paper clip and the pulsing rising sun you will find the sound of The Romans. Think of what it would be like to not think at all and just feel the energy of mankind moving in new directions in commerce, science, nature, art, etc. and from there eat a small piece of the most exquisite german chocolate and wash it down with the best cup of coffee on a blistering cold day by a fireplace in a cozy shop and you’ll hear remnants of their sound. Screaming guitars strong like the walls of ancient coliseums and drums so powerful and in synch with natures own rhythms you would swear it’s the entire empire marching into battle. All supporting vocal melodies that soar like haunted platitudes lingering long in the brain like an x lover. The word “Romans” itself conjures up strength and something magnificent- so wake up and dont be the last to say you’ve heard it.
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Gay Porn is an experimental no wave duo with electronica/jazz influences. Members reside in Brooklyn NY and have been praised for its band name by director/currator Jim Jarmusch at ATP 2010 and recent coverage in SLAP Skateboard Magazine as being "most ellusive new band... contemporary an simplified approach in the vein of Ian Curtis singing over Miles Davis loops".
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