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."
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!
Jun 4 2009 Vinyl Release Show @ Cafe Nine New Haven, Connecticut
Jun 13 2009 Northside Festival: EJRC Day Show @ Union Pool Brooklyn, New York
Jun 18 2009 Cameo Gallery Brooklyn, New York
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."
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!
Jun 4 2009 Vinyl Release Show @ Cafe Nine New Haven, Connecticut
Jun 13 2009 Northside Festival: EJRC Day Show @ Union Pool Brooklyn, New York
Jun 18 2009 Cameo Gallery Brooklyn, New York
Not the raging metal band you might expect from the name, Skeletonbreath is an innovative violin-bass-drums trio whose highly intricate instrumentals find the common ground among klezmer, chamber music and hard-hitting art rock. - Time Out NY
Pycior's violin work combines progressive rock leads with discordant keys, neoclassical melodies, and worldly flavor. Andrew Platt's bass rumbles with the force of Shellac or The Jesus Lizard, and Tris Palazzolo's drums thud with urgent ferocity. The trio's mixture is unlike almost anything else, and this comes highly recommended. - Alarm Press
While Bob Pycior plays a more traditional style of music in the rootsy New York ensemble O'Death, the multi-instrumentalist lets his avant-garde flag fly in Skeletonbreath. Wielding his violin like a paintbrush or a scalpel, Pycior leads his band through arty punk, Eastern European folk, and 20th-century classical influences on the new full-length Eagle's Nest, Devil's Cave. - Decider.com
