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Schwervon! Broken Teeth out September 30th, 2014

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schwervondinnerSchwervon!‘s new album Broken Teeth will be released on CD and digital media by Haymaker Records on September 30th, 2014.  This is the third release on the label and will be the first release in the newly created Home-Fi Series on Haymaker.   The goal of the Home-Fi Series is to provide an official release for special home recordings, demos, long-lost rarities, and one-offs.

After two years of whirlwind touring and a family member’s cancer diagnosis, Schwervon! found themselves moving from their Lower Eastside apartment in New York City to a basement (of the house Matt grew up in) amongst the suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas. Frustrated with the process of writing new material, Matt and Nan started reworking some songs off of their third album I Dream Of Teeth. The result defied logic: a more vulnerable sound and yet somehow more kinetic. The material was given a new life through a raw acoustic treatment. By the time they were done they had worked out six songs off of I Dream Of Teeth, as well as two cover songs.  One by The Vaselines with whom they toured with in 2011, and another by one of their favorite NYC artists The Purple Organ. The songs for Broken Teeth were recorded in their basement practice space in Shawnee, KS where they reside with Matt’s Dad Harry, who they are happy to report is in remission from lung cancer.

Read Schwervon!’s notes on this new album and hear a couple early unmastered tracks.   They’ve also provided their thoughts on the philosophy of Broken Teeth and provided some photos of the recording session.

Oso EP Digital Download

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It’s a big day for Haymaker Records.  Jorge Arana Trio‘s Oso EP is available for streaming and digital dowload from loudr.  It will go out to iTunes, Google Play, Pandora, Spotify later in the day.    Enjoy!!!  Also check out KKFI 90.1FM at 10AM today (Wed. July 16th) for a special interview with Haymaker Records and Jorge Arana Trio to discuss the new album and label.

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Jorge Arana Trio “Oso” EP

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Jorge Arana Trio - Oso EP
Jorge Arana Trio – Oso EP
Artist Name Jorge Arana Trio
Album Name Oso EP
Record Label Haymaker Records
Release Date July 22, 2014
Catalog No. HAY001-CS / HAY001-LP
Formats Cassette Tape / 12-Inch Vinyl / Digital Download

The Jorge Arana Trio is Jorge Arana, Josh Enyart, and Jason Nash. They were fused in 2011 from the sparks of noise-rock band, Pixel Panda, and other jazzcore endeavors, including Various Blonde. The trio aptly links their individual and collective pasts and futures, colliding in an avant-garde geometry of rock, jazz, classical, punk, electronic, experimental, and incidental music. Jorge Arana Trio’s latest release, Oso, harkens back to times before the trio found themselves together and propels the current calculations of the band.

The Oso EP will be the group’s second release but first on Haymaker Records. With origins stemming pre-trio, Oso carries with it doses of nostalgia, surf rock, horror film sounds, and the persistence of sophisticated perplexity. Mapache, Jorge Arana Trio’s debut album released in October 2012, hints to Oso with its urgency and darkness. The new release maintains a louder, more aggressive and tonal labyrinth of sound, focused with driving guitars and minimal keys. In November 2012, the group released a split-single with experimental group, Ambulants. Jorge Arana Trio’s unification of past favorites with contemporary direction results in Oso.

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