END OF A YEAR(US)/TIGERS JAW(US)/BASEMENT(UK) - THE MERCANTILE - 7th JAN

xMac Kellx

Demented Promotions Presents:

END OF A YEAR (US)
Deathwish Inc.
(http://www.myspace.com/endofayear)



"Your favorite band’s favorite band, Cohoes New York’s End of a Year enjoys a distinct renown within the punk community. Well-respected and critically lauded but difficult and idiosyncratic, the band has done things their way almost to a fault. Eschewing sing-alongs and easy anthems in favor of personal lyrics, End of a Year stands apart from their contemporaries in punk and hardcore. Their strangely tense guitar-work framed within otherwise hook laden songs lends the band an unmistakable sound. Opting to be heavy in emotional rather than heavy in sound.

After first gaining attention through a full-length on seminal hardcore label Revelation Records, End of a Year took to the 7”EP format with a rare zeal. The result was EP’s and splits from a dozen labels in half-a-dozen countries. Genuinely uninterested in genres and expectations, End of a Year released these records on a wide variety of labels while touring the world over.

Building on the post everything sound they’ve continued to pioneer, End of a Year returns to the full-length format with boundless creative energy. “You Are Beneath Me” is the band’s most focused work to date. Expanding greatly on the recent 7"EP material they’ve built their name on. Dense and anxiety-ridden, “You Are Beneath Me” approaches punk in a hyper-personal and singularly artistic manner. Not afraid to be confrontational, honest, and pure in every way. Proving that End of a Year continue to be a true breath of fresh air in today's independent music world."

TIGERS JAW (US)
Run For Cover Records
(http://www.myspace.com/tigersjaw)



"New bands almost never live up to the lofty comparisons to other, more seminal bands made by people like me, but that's not gonna stop me from telling you that this self-titled full-length from Tigers Jaw is probably something you'd like if you're into the Get Up Kids or any other `90s emo band. Just fill in the blank, really. And while Tigers Jaw may be nodding to their influences, they're doing so inconspicuously, offering a fresh take on a genre that should have gone bad years ago.

The band relies heavily on crunchy, mid-tempo instrumentation that's just warm enough to evoke without overdoing it. The driving nature of the opening bars of "The Sun" makes it a great first track, and the deliberately darker, heavier sound of the rest of the song is a bit off-putting at first, but starts to make sense after a few listens. Those dual low/high vocals are a nice touch, too. Ditto for the charmingly discordant "Arms Across America.""

BASEMENT (UK)
Run For Cover Records
(http://www.myspace.com/basementuk)



"Basement have spent the last year playing shows overseas with Shook Ones, Title Fight, and Crime in Stereo, as well as releasing their debut 7″ “Songs About the Weather” on City of Gold Records, which will soon be released by Lost Tape Collective in the USA. The band plans on releasing a brand new full-length release on Run For Cover in 2011."

MEDIA:
Live video -
Basement - Ipswich 2010 on Vimeo

7inch - http://www.mediafire.com/?t0m2lm1mm3j

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With support on the night from:

Stu Daly
(Chewing On Tinfoil, like)

Date: Friday, 7th January
Place: The Mercantile, Dame Street
Time: 8.00pm
Price: €12 on the door! Tickets available for €10 (NO booking fee), information below.

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