Featured Band: Isaac Hurt

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Isaac Hurt - Post-rock from New Jersey.  A mostly instrumental band that sounds like a mixture of Explosions in the Sky and Russian Circles.  There are some sparse vocal moments ala Mogwai, but Isaac Hurt pushes them more to the forefront of the song rather than lower in the mix.  Members have also played in Fight Amp.

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p.s. All of the bands posted in the last week or so are bands that Scrape and Scatter Media is working with to get a vast majority of their material out there, which is for the most part unreleased or released at a very limited capacity.

Featured Band: The Glasses Otter

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The Glasses Otter - Best described by Kerrang! as “alternative noisecore” the Otter has every finger and every toe in a separate pool of aggressive abrasive music.  Guitars have the alternative rock feel, a little Glassjaw post-hardcore with the tight heaviness of The Minor Times, and the timing precision of The Dillinger Escape Plan.  The drumming is a non-stop onslaught that hints towards a Ben Koller of Converge influence and the unhinged vocals spiral through every level of a manic depressive asylum patient.  Check the facebook page for a completely mutilated Thrice cover.

www.facebook.com/theglassesotter

www.facebook.com/pages/Scrape-and-Scatter-Media

Fun fact: This was my band.

 

Featured Band: Bear

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Bear - Bizarre, erratic, carnival-esque metal from Asheville, NC.  They have that similar eerie amusement park feel as Radiation4, with some of the technical aspects of The Dillinger Escape Plan, and when it’s straightened out for the heavy head nodding trudges, the slower parts of Some Girls and Botch come to mind.  The schizophrenia of it all is reminiscent of The Sawtooth Grin.  Vocals are a combination of SG’s Wes Eisold and the first DEP singer, Dimitri.  Scrape and Scatter is currently working with Bear to get a couple of demos and an unreleased EP recorded at Jamie King’s Basement Studio (Between the Buried and Me) out to the public. 

Featured Band: Pygmy

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Pygmy - Jazzy, mathy, under-appreciated indie rock from Miami, FL.  Almost as technical as The Dillinger Escape Plan, but lighthearted and avant-garde enough to be compared to The Flaming Lips.  Maybe like a more quirky Faraquet.  It just has to be heard.  Leaving very little space for classic patterns, the vocalist creates well thought out verses for the technical parts and doesn’t waste an opportunity when the music finally does straighten out to belt out catchy melodies.  A lot of songs contain an interesting instrumental emotional dive into jazz influenced indie rock before frolicking back into the more upbeat moments.  Although an indie band, the live show did contain a DEP or even At the Drive-In intensity to it.

Members have gone on to form the bands The Down Home Southernaires and Animal Tropical as well as solo projects Can’t Stop and Adames.

www.facebook.com/pages/Pygmy

www.facebook.com/pages/Scrape-and-Scatter-Media

 

Featured Band: The Franklin Cover Up

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The Franklin Cover Up - Boise, ID Sociopolitical punk/metal band taking their name from a non-fiction book of the same name divulging a child prostitution ring that is said to have involved many higher-ups in Washington.  Expect lyrics that cover that very subject, as well as topical lyrics about other issues plaguing our nation.  Expect the tunes to sound similar to Refused, Botch, and Every Time I Die.  The new EP was released today and is available for free at http://thefranklincoverup.bandcamp.com/
Members have gone on to be in other Boise heavyweights Bone Dance and BLACKCLOUD

www.facebook.com/thefranklincoverup

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Featured Band: Kings of Prussia

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Kings of Prussia - Experimental instrumental metal with an electronic influence from Asheville, NC by way of Miami, FL. Think if Pink Floyd, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nine Inch Nails, and Radiohead collaborated to score a zombie movie soundtrack.


www.facebook.com/kingsofprussia

www.facebook.com/pages/Scrape-and-Scatter-Media/

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