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Brendan McDermott
Andrew Lanza
Jason Bennett
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And This Army | | |
City: Brooklyn
Country: USA
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Artist Information | | |
From the desolate coasts of South Brooklyn, And This Army is Andrew Lanza, Jason Bennett, and Brendan McDermott: three college educated young men with a penchant for fucked-up, dense, mutant rock and roll. Lanza and Bennett met in high school and played together in various incarnations during their early years. They later met Brendan McDermott, a singer/guitarist from upstate New York, who was working at Rhinebeck's Clubhouse Studio at the time. The three played together and felt, after a short search for a fourth member that the sound they were after was there; as a trio. In early 2004, And This Army came into this world, fully alive and oh-so-dissonantly screaming.
And This Army cut their teeth at many NYC venues including Northsix, Southpaw, and Sin-e. The shows have become renowned for their blistering volume and clockwork tightness, while bringing some paranormal-level sonic chaos. Their sound demands the attention of everyone and everything in its vicinity, scaring the shit out of scenesters and putting a smile on the faces of the adventurous.
Their debut LP "FOE", produced by D. James Goodwin (Thursday, Murder by Death), was recorded in late 2005/early 2006 at Clubhouse Studio. Goodwin himself says: "These guys are fucking sick! This record is going to fuck some heads up. Recording was simple. Distort the piss out of everything and press record! This shit sounds huge and evil. I'm quite pleased.”
The band’s mutant-beauty whirlwind of a sound will be showcased on an early 2007 tour of the States. Get out there and listen.
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Shows | | |
January 1, 2006
12.29.06 Dead Pool Party (CD Release)
Brooklyn, NY
1.03.07 Basement show w/ WATMM, Mandarin Hand, Bloody Hoody
North Brunswick, NJ
1.04.07 House Party
PHILADELPHIA, PA
1.05.07 The Nerve Center
2823 Huntington Avenue
Baltimore, MD
1.06.07
TBA RICHMOND, VA
1.07.07
TBA w/ WATMM, Apis Bull
Charlotte, NC
1.08.07
The Eyedrum
290 MLK JR DR. SUITE 8,
ATL, GA
1.10.07
Cooper Manor w/ WATMM, Monitors, Attractive and Popular
SHREVEPORT, LA
1.11.07
TBA DALLAS, TX
1.12.07
Metrognome Collective
1518 East Lancaster Ave
Fort Worth, TX
1.13.07
Super Happy Fun Land
w/WATMM, Riff Tiffs, Despite the Loss, Motion Turns it On, The Nautical Mile
2610 Ashland Street (@ W27th Street in the Heights)
Houston TX
1.14.07
Snake Eyes Vinyl
1211 East 7th street
Austin, TX
1.15.07
TBA
Oklahoma City, OK
1.16.07
The Treehouse
Little Rock, AK
106 Cedar Street
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News | | |
November 30, 2006
Tour of the Living Dead 2007
And This Army will tour the East Coast and South US in January 2007 with We Are The Music Makers. Check pages for updates.
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Influences | | |
Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath, Jesu, Swervedriver, Kyuss, The Misfits, Earth, Sigur Ros, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Chavez, Mogwai, Mission of Burma
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"... really good schmeary sonics -- very imaginative, and real songwriting to boot! All too rare. I look forward to more."
- Clint Conley, Mission of Burma
"This one will make my Best Of 2006 list for sure...
Plenty of bands can be loud, heavy, dissonant, melodic, droney, etc etc etc. But when you hit stop...
you realize that was all they had: noise. It's the songwriting of ATA that truly seperates them. These songs stay with you.
Like the lurching, murky slowdown in "Stranglehold" which gives way to an AMAZING melodic turn, all of it hinging on Brendan McDermott's perfectly utilized vocals."
-noonehereisasking.blogspot.com
"Party music this is not. Ballsy and adventurous, this is.
Nothing about it plays into current trends in metal or indie rock. Instead, the three boys from Brooklyn
have come up with something that demands your full attention and several listens to sink in."
-exposemusic.net
"There's just this powerfully unexpected, almost surprising sort of underlying pulse to the material that
adds an intriguing sense of contrast. Honestly this is a pretty god damn impressive set of tunes.
I'm really floored by the finest moments herein, to the point where certain aspects really hit me in a rare fuckin' manner."
-aversionline.com
"Brawny post-rock guitars--beefed up with the sincerity and power of metal--clear the way for this Brooklyn
band's sweeping sound. But these wide chords entrance less than the spacious vocals that rise in their wake:
uniquely, they're keen to match the axes in sheer acreage."
-download.com (Editor's Pick)
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