*** PODCAST #179 Avery Friedman ***

    In late March I received an email from Audio Anti-hero, who had recently introduced to me to Magana through said PR company/label. It was about AVERY FRIEDMAN. Having never heard the artist but trusting the label, I checked out the advance copy of 'New Thing' and was flabbergasted at 1) how incredible it was and 2) how quickly and firmly it latched itself onto me. There hasn't been a day since that I haven't rocked at least one of the tracks - if not all 8. Her gentle yet dark songwriting style is right up my alley, and the ability to wind her vocals around each verse and chorus in such memorable and precise ways still leaves me staggering on every listen. The instrumentation is great to boot, with some songs using them aggressively to push the vocals further, some song use them as a solid foundation, while others recede into the corner and let the light shine fully on Avery's voice. Needless to say, I loved it so much I asked if I could do a small vinyl run /125 on my label Softseed Music, to which they agreed (and I couldn't be more honored). I also asked if Avery wanted to chat with me for this 179th podcast and as you've noticed, she said yes. So here we are discussing lots of stuff such as: 4th grade choir and Celine Dion, life-altering concerts on shrooms, being robbed at knifepoint, cheese factor fears, yoga classes with Eartheater, Ciao Malz and Audio Anti-Hero props, labels falling through, May 15th record release show, twangin' that shit up, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Beabadoobee, Biig Piig, Eartheater, Perfume Genius, Smush, and Squirrel Flower. Listen to podcast #179 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

AVERY FRIEDMAN
Bandcamp

"Flowers Fell" music video

https://youtu.be/yEv257W1duY

1 You're gonna unlock this shit

BIIG PIIG "American Beauty" (Avery)

BEABADOOBEE "Bobby" (Dave)

2 Nervous Playing Nervous

SQUIRREL FLOWER "Almost Pulled Away" (Avery)

EARTHEATER "How to Fight" (Dave)

3 New Thing Discussion

PERFUME GENIUS "It's a Mirror" (Avery) [official music video]

SMUSH "Sweetheart" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #179 linked here

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*** FOGGY MUNITIONS full EP exclusive premiere ***

FOGGY MUNITIONS

'Strategic Life Decision Making'
exclusive album premiere

For fans of: Mamaleek, Shiverboard and GreenBlueGrey

Softgrit Bandcamp

     Well good goddamn are you ready to drop your brain in a blender? Take a listen to the new EP from FOGGY MUNITIONS titled 'Strategic Life Decision Making'. Zac Dehlbom (Rocco and his Bones, BOZ, and Act Normal) wields the guitar & bass while Hunter Johnson (Terror Cell, Charger Port, and Thin) lays down the percussion as well as additional noise, with both of them splitting vocal duties. The pair had assistance from local musical accomplices, Brayden Edwards (Mean Sweetie) and Brandon Jolly (Rocco and His Bones), allowing them a full collaborative roster to capture these barn jams via Voice Memo, ultimately resulting in these four new tracks. Cassettes release via Soft Grit Recordings, Ossein, and Fisher King Records tomorrow, April 18th. The tape has a reversable j-card. Side A is the new EP, side B houses two songs from 2021. J-card front is for the new EP, inside is for side B.

(2025) FOGGY MUNITIONS "Strategic Life Decision Making" (full stream)

https://youtu.be/wJgOYl98peA

     Whether it's the manic beginning of opener "Being The Best Friend At My Man's Wedding" with back and forth dual vocals or the panic inducing "The Floor Knife", you'll be both mesmerized and pulverized simultaneously. And that's just the first two songs! Things get a bit more digestable on the third track "No One Wants To Be Crashed Into A Wreck" but once all that screaming comes in you know it's all gonna unravel eventually, and so it does on closer "Mitamins And Vinerals" which is literally an aural nightmare and I fucking love it, as it dips between screamy grind and sassy noise rock.

DELEOMETER

Band: DELEOMETER
For fans of: Francis Brady, In Loving Memory, Kill Sadie, Drei Affen, She Notes The Chariots, Tristan Tzara, Nuvolascura, Eaves and Ashen Hands.

Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metallic Hardcore / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence

Related artists: Francis Brady, Eaves, Katyn, Seven Bowls Of Wrath, Schrein, Sun Worship, and I.G..
Country: Berlin GERMANY
Years Active: 2004-2010

Label(s): Self Released / Asymmetrie

     I must have seen somewhere online that the vocalist of Francis Brady (or one of them, at least) ended up in a band called DELEOMETER. Eventually stumbling onto their 2007 album 'Rotation Um Die Ich Achse'...I couldn't fucking believe my luck when I found out they are even better than their predecessor. I've actually been putting this review off for years because the online songs are ripped from a turntable and it's a kinda noisy turntable, and knew I was getting the 12" from a friend in Europe I was simply going to make a new version to put online. But by the time it arrived my record player began playing records slightly fast so said new version wouldn't be a better quality version, it'd just be slightly faster than it should be. So I've abandoned the idea of doing that, but come to the conclusion I need to write this review. Time is short. Let's go.

     Luckily for us there is a Youtube channel that just uploaded the band's two demo cds, the first of which has a different vocalist and the second is two demos from the band's final output aka said 12"LP. I won't waste time discussing them here because it's the LP that's worth your time more than anything else, but I've embedded them below and made mp3s so you can download the entire discography.

     Opener "Fachgerecht Planebnen" is off-kilter and driven by chaos on jagged edges, pretty Kill Sadie meets the intensity of Drei Affen. Title track "Rotation Um Die Ich-Achse" is very chaotic and shrieky, almost like Orchid and The Death Of Anna Karina...and Francis Brady...obviously. "DIN 100101" is fast, menacing, and chaotic with a slight peppering of obvious melodies and hooks. Despite the short length (1:23) of "When it Comes Down To It", this little ditty still packs a punch but definitely crosses a few genre lines and the result is the band's most accessible tune. "Ideal Individual" begins with a jazzy intro that could have wounded up on a Mustaphammond release, but the subsequent waves of electrified screamo are fucking incredible, making this the standout track on the record. I would liken it to a mixture of Tristan Tzara and Yage. So fucking good! "Die Augen Können Sie Schliessen, Die Ohren Nicht" brings the Orchid and early Death Of Anna Karina vibes back, but there's a crazy breakdown palpitation at the one-minute mark that floors me every time. Closer "In Line" is a weird one with some peculiar guitar riffs, but with most of the song retaining the standard DELEOMETER sound it still works, it's just not my favorite, just a bit quirky and sometimes "metal" likes it's a Black Sabbath cover.

    And there ya go, one of history's best and rarely discussed screamo albums. I've done the extra work for you and separated the single album mp3 (which is available online) by breaking it down into the seven track mp3s. You can find all those links below.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2004 - Demo '04 cdr (download it here)

2006 - Demo 2006 cdr (download it here)

2007 - Rotation Um Die Ich Achse 12"LP (stream/donate/download as a single track here) OR (download album as single track mp3s)

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(2007) DELEOMETER - "Ideal Individual" (from 'Rotation Um Die Ich Achse')

https://youtu.be/jnDThebuxd0

(2007) DELEOMETER - "When It Comes Down To It" (from 'Rotation Um Die Ich Achse')

https://youtu.be/LPzK1W5SWHs

(2007) DELEOMETER - "Fachgerecht Planebnen" (from 'Rotation Um Die Ich Achse')

https://youtu.be/4QFP0qxEpkM

(2006) DELEOMETER - 'Demo '06' (full demo)

https://youtu.be/VE7wq-fWs-I

(2004) DELEOMETER - 'Demo '04' (full demo)

https://youtu.be/Of8pIpK6dc4

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