out May 19th on Ernest Jenning!
While the name Skeletonbreath might suggest ghostly figures and chain-rattling wraiths lurking behind your walls, the Brooklyn-based instrumentalist trio is anything but invisible. Bob Pycior (of O'Death, violin) and Andrew Platt (bass) cut their Skeletonbreath teeth in 2002, with former member Crockett Doob on drums, and in 2006 self-released their debut, Louise. Their relentless touring turned heads, and the sonic orgy of screeching strings and explosive percussion seized ears. Though Doob parted amiable ways with Pycior and Platt in 2007, Skeletonbreath's inertia was unrelenting, and the remaining duo sequestered the skills of Tris Palazzolo (also of Philly's Red Racket, formerly Red Rocket, and Grandchildren) and have since only gained momentum.
The band describes itself as "Halloween party music," and though garnered press seems to agree, there are whole lot more comparisons being made, and the only real unifying theme is that Skeletonbreath creates something ethereal and incendiary, restless, relentless, macabre, and yet somehow undeniably catchy. Ruberecords.org claims its "bursts of auditory mayhem that resonate in your head like a string of firecrackers." The Orlando City beat remarks on a "swooning eastern passion," and The L Magazine seems quite content to leave definition at fact: "A twisted, slightly aggressive three-man orchestra."
* The band's sophomore release, Eagle's Nest, Devil's Cave, will be out May 19th on Ernest Jenning Record Co. Full US dates below!
Eagle's Nest, Devil's Cave Tracklist
1. Dick Tracy
2. Dylan Fisher
3. Machinists
4. Taxidermist Convention
5. Llarimo
6. Skeletonbreath
7. The Combustible Man
8. Texarcana
9. Caveman
10. Silk City
Skeletonbreath Live!
Apr 3 2009 SUNY Purchase Purchase, New York
Apr 9 2009 Art Cave Binghamton, New York
Apr 10 2009 Olive's Nyack, New York
Apr 11 2009 Public Assembly Brooklyn, New York
Apr 14 2009 Golding Park Cobleskill, New York
Apr 15 2009 Sugar City Buffalo, New York
Apr 16 2009 The Strutt Kalamazoo, Michigan
Apr 17 2009 RAW Haus Ann Arbor, Michigan
Apr 18 2009 Speakeasy Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19 2009 The Hideout Chicago, Illinois
Apr 20 2009 Public Space One Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 21 2009 Haunted Basement Des Moines, Iowa
Apr 23 2009 The Filling Station Bozeman, Montana
Apr 24 2009 Caterina Winery Spokane, Washington
Apr 25 2009 Vera Project Seattle, Washington
Apr 27 2009 Dekum Manor Portland, Oregon
May 1 2009 Ghost Town Gallery Oakland, California
May 2 2009 The Smell Los Angeles, California
May 3 2009 Acrobatics Everyday Irvine, California
May 5 2009 Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
May 6 2009 Box Awesome Lincoln, Nebraska
May 7 2009 Lemp Arts St. Louis, Missouri
May 9 2009 TBA Athens, Georgia
May 10 2009 Bobo Gallery Asheville, North Carolina
May 11 2009 Nightlight Chapel Hill, North Carolina
May 12 2009 Spazzatorium Greenville, North Carolina
May 13 2009 The Triple Richmond, Virginia
May 14 2009 Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar Charlottesville, Virginia
May 15 2009 Southpaw Brooklyn, New York
May 16 2009 Bennington College Bennington, Vermont
May 17 2009 The Woodstove Philly, Pennsylvania
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/skeletonbreath
