Andrew Cohen & Light Coma LP available now! OUT vinyl going fast! Tour dates galore! Podcast roundup!
Andrew Cohen & Light Coma “Unreality” LP (cmo041)
“Unreality,” the eagerly anticipated labut LP from Andrew Cohen & Light Coma, is officially out now.
The vinyl was delayed slightly at the pressing plant but arrived last week. All pre-order copies shipped prior to the weekend and should be reaching your respective hands presently (if they have not done so already).
Physical records can be still ordered direct from Comedy Minus One here.
Digital files can be downloaded / streamed from the following locations, among other services:
iTunes : Bandcamp : Amazon : Google Play
If you would like your favorite North American record store to stock “Unreality,” ask them politely to order from Revolver.
For TV / Film licensing, please contact Lyle Hysen at Bank Robber Music – [email protected]
“Unreality” describes the condition in which we all find ourselves, sometimes more apparently than at other moments. Unreality is timeless, but in the current Zeitgeist, it seems more timely than ever.
“Unreality” is also the title of the debut album by Andrew Cohen & Light Coma.
Andrew Cohen & Light Coma is the new rock band for Andrew Cohen, guitarist of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, backed up by Chicago veterans Light Coma. The group is driven by a dual guitar attack, but is not as heavy metal as that description sounds.
The collaboration highlights Cohen’s skills as a songwriter, with his recognizable touch for balladry, pathos, and the poetry of the mundane. Light Coma call to mind Crazy Horse or the Magnolia Electric Company, matching crisp distortion with the sober cadences of a tall old man on his way to the hardware store again. AC/LC’s arrangements afford the players substantial dynamic range. Cohen can whisper and wail with the best of them; Light Coma match him instrumentally with every turn.
This record – released June 2, 2017 on Comedy Minus One – was recorded in several sessions over some period of time. It came together easily, unrushed, but urgently.
Six of the songs are electric. Three are acoustic.
Limited to 500 LPs + digital download.
Andrew Cohen & Light Coma:
Andrew Cohen (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit) – guitar, vocals
Brian Orchard (.22, Bottomless Pit, Light Coma) – guitar, vocals
Ryan Rezvani (The Missouri Compromise, Light Coma) – bass
Jim MacGregor (Light Coma, Small Awesome, Century Rocket Building) – drums, vocals
Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner (Magnolia Electric Company) – lap steel, dobro
This record was recorded by Mr. Matthew Barnhart and Mr. Steve Albini at Electrical Audio and MINBAL in Chicago.
The cover art is a diorama by artist William Schaff (Okkervil River, Songs: Ohia).
OUT “Swim Buddies” LP (cmo040)
“Swim Buddies,” the debut full-length by Kalamazoo’s OUT, is going fast!
This record is an emotional wallop culminating a year of fizzy water, cold basement practices, h.o.t. basement practices, Yahtzee with Buddies, trips to the beach, broken gear, tea, fixed gear, MRIs, bike rides, walks and a metric tonne of good vibes on the regular.
OUT is Isaac Turner, Chafe Hensley and Mark Larmee – also of the acclaimed Michigan rock/roll band Minutes – joined in this new endeavor by TJ Larmee on the bass guitar.
The anthemic-yet-intimate album’s title “Swim Buddies” hints at the pull that Lake Michigan (and Lake Superior, when they can get there) has on the band. TJ and Mark were married on the shores of that gorgeous beast, and it’ll forever be connected to the band and this record in all the right ways. You should really swim at sunset sometime to get the full Technicolor panoramic trip.
OUT’s music is all about the interplay between seemingly simple lines (vocal blurts / guitar riffs) that come together to make a whole larger than parts. Water, and the lack of water, worms its way in the songs: dust and silt covering the Earth after we’ve finally ruined it; flood waters rising to consume the entire town (it’s something we did, pretty sure); the water we need to fill us up after foolhardy endeavors. The water is always there, and its absence will be crucial.
Digital files can be downloaded / streamed from any of the following locations:
iTunes : eMusic : Bandcamp : Amazon : Google Play
Physical vinyl (limited to 300 copies) can be ordered direct from Comedy Minus One here.
If you would like your favorite North American record store to stock this title, please ask them nicely to order from Revolver.
For TV / Film licensing, please contact Lyle Hysen at Bank Robber Music – [email protected]
OUT heads east for the first time late this month / early July. See below for tour dates.
Upcoming shows:
Tuesday, June 13
SPACE
Evanston, IL
David Bazan with Mint Mile
Friday, June 23
The Bell House
Brooklyn, NY
Spiral Stairs with Ovlov and SAVAK
Friday, June 30
The Hideout
Chicago, IL
Knife In The Water with Mint Mile
Friday, June 30
The Listing Loon
Cincinnati, OH
OUT with Disaster Class
Saturday, July 1
The Delancey
New York, NY
OUT with Risk/Reward and Knolls
Sunday, July 2
Redline
Peekskill, NY
OUT with Least Best Beast and Whiskey Neat
Monday, July 3
Tree Bar
Columbus, OH
OUT with The Kyle Sowashes
Podcast roundup!
Looking for some additional quality listening? Well, Mr. Andy Cohen was a guest on Crashing Your Planet with Jake McKelvie and all four members of OUT visited with Vish Khanna on a recent episode of Kreative Kontrol.
OUT, Mint Mile, The Rutabega, Infinite Buffalo and CMO’s Jon Solomon – South Bend, IN – Memorial Day 2017
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Stores and distributors are welcome to contact us about stocking these titles. Comedy Minus One is distributed directly in North America through Revolver. European customers can contact Day After for our wares.
Canadian, UK and Australian distribution sought.
Thanks!
Jon Solomon
Comedy Minus One
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