"U.S. Christmas plays slow, loud, echoey and powerful psychedelic rock"
U.S. Christmas plays slow, loud, echoey and powerful psychedelic rock, reducing things to the essence of power chords and groove: even the guitar solos, such as they are, become sublimated within the fuzz and the unruly yelling of the singer, Nate Hall. - The NY Times
Thicker and deeper than Spacemen 3, they overuse their synth-space-noise in the same endearing way that the 13th Floor Elevators exploited the f*ck out of the “electric jug." - Decibel Magazine
A dark, psychedelic, sludgy trip through the deep south. - BrooklynVegan
Marion, North Carolina. God and devils, piss and venom.
The band U.S. Christmas has never strayed far from its roots. Its members were born and raised in or near the mountains of rural North Carolina, a place that will always be their home. Its culture, geography, history, and spiritual presence have a great influence on the band's sound.
Originally formed in the summer of 2002, U.S. Christmas has steadily evolved into a full-blown psychedelic assault. The music cannot be ignored. It hurts people - physically and mentally. It stirs intense feelings of pain, frustration, loss, fear, and occasionally - euphoria. The band always plays at deafening volumes. Shows are chaotic and unpredictable, riddled with synthesizer and theremin spasms. Images are projected onto the stage, the ceiling, or performers themselves. Many a drunken bystander has been drawn to the theremin's magic antennae.
* In 2008, U.S. Christmas made their live debut performing some of their first shows w/ Neurosis and Mastodon in Brooklyn, NY, followed by the band's Neurot Recordings' debut, Eat The Low Dogs. In 2009 the band announced they will head out on some dates of the Southeast leading up to the Scion Rock Fest where they will perform alongside labelmates Neurosis and A Storm Of Light, in addition to Torche, Harvey Milk, Mastodon, High on Fire, Converge, and many more, followed by a performance at Neurosis' Beyond The Pale taking place at the annual Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland.
U.S. Christmas Live!
Jan 30 2009 New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina w/ Enoch and Amps For Satan
Jan 31 2009 The Pilot Light/Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee w/ Across Tundras & GOV
Feb 13 2009 Drips Hickory, North Carolina w/ Zoroaster and Hatemonger
Feb 18 2009 New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina w/ Pontiak
Feb 28 2009 Atlanta Metal Fest/Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia w/ Neurosis, Mastodon and more
Mar 6 2009 The Hideaway Johnson City, Tennessee
Mar 13 2009 MACA/Marion NC Marion, North Carolina
Apr 25 2009 Beyond the Pale/Roadburn Fest Tilburg, Zuid-Holland w/ Neurosis, Om, Earth, Grails, and more
For more information visit:
www.myspace.com/uschristmas
www.neurotrecordings.com
Thicker and deeper than Spacemen 3, they overuse their synth-space-noise in the same endearing way that the 13th Floor Elevators exploited the f*ck out of the “electric jug." - Decibel Magazine
A dark, psychedelic, sludgy trip through the deep south. - BrooklynVegan
Marion, North Carolina. God and devils, piss and venom.
The band U.S. Christmas has never strayed far from its roots. Its members were born and raised in or near the mountains of rural North Carolina, a place that will always be their home. Its culture, geography, history, and spiritual presence have a great influence on the band's sound.
Originally formed in the summer of 2002, U.S. Christmas has steadily evolved into a full-blown psychedelic assault. The music cannot be ignored. It hurts people - physically and mentally. It stirs intense feelings of pain, frustration, loss, fear, and occasionally - euphoria. The band always plays at deafening volumes. Shows are chaotic and unpredictable, riddled with synthesizer and theremin spasms. Images are projected onto the stage, the ceiling, or performers themselves. Many a drunken bystander has been drawn to the theremin's magic antennae.
* In 2008, U.S. Christmas made their live debut performing some of their first shows w/ Neurosis and Mastodon in Brooklyn, NY, followed by the band's Neurot Recordings' debut, Eat The Low Dogs. In 2009 the band announced they will head out on some dates of the Southeast leading up to the Scion Rock Fest where they will perform alongside labelmates Neurosis and A Storm Of Light, in addition to Torche, Harvey Milk, Mastodon, High on Fire, Converge, and many more, followed by a performance at Neurosis' Beyond The Pale taking place at the annual Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland.
U.S. Christmas Live!
Jan 30 2009 New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina w/ Enoch and Amps For Satan
Jan 31 2009 The Pilot Light/Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee w/ Across Tundras & GOV
Feb 13 2009 Drips Hickory, North Carolina w/ Zoroaster and Hatemonger
Feb 18 2009 New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina w/ Pontiak
Feb 28 2009 Atlanta Metal Fest/Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia w/ Neurosis, Mastodon and more
Mar 6 2009 The Hideaway Johnson City, Tennessee
Mar 13 2009 MACA/Marion NC Marion, North Carolina
Apr 25 2009 Beyond the Pale/Roadburn Fest Tilburg, Zuid-Holland w/ Neurosis, Om, Earth, Grails, and more
For more information visit:
www.myspace.com/uschristmas
www.neurotrecordings.com
