The Sailor Jerry Blog

01/15/2008

RECORD PREVIEW: Paint It Black 'New Lexicon' First Two Tracks!

Paint It Black have been tearing up the Philly scene for a few years now and with 'New Lexicon' the band has become one of the best hardcore bands around. Hands down.

For those that took part in the CD release weekend extravaganza (where PIB flew Marked Men out just because they dig them!), you've already gotten yourself a copy of the CD and you know what I'm talking about.

Now here's a chance for the rest of the world to get a glimpse of this fine album before the record hits shelves in late February. Thank your buddies over at Jade Tree for letting us post the first two tracks and even more so for continually putting out great stuff.

Here's the Press Release:

PAINT IT BLACK’s New Lexicon was not easy to produce, but it’s gritty, thunderous and ugly—just the way hardcore punk should be.

New Lexicon marks PAINT IT BLACK’s first recording with new drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy, None More Black) and boasts guest vocals from Jeff Pezatti (Naked Raygun). Still, many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes.

Rather than straining to re-create “lo-fi” in a studio, New Lexicon rings in an aggressive clarity from engineer J. Robbins’ (Modern Life is War, Against Me!). With a thick low-end up front (think Bad Brains’ Roir sessions), New Lexicon says that aggression doesn’t have to be found only in thick guitars.

From here, the album was passed on to co-producer Oktopus of the indie hip hop group Dalek. Here, the existing sounds of feedback, bass booms and cymbal crashes were twisted into haunting ambient interludes and serpentine waves trailing behind the buzz saw riffs.

With little debate, this is Paint It Black’s finest hour …or, half-hour, anyway, with 15 songs clocking in at a dizzying 30 minutes, 26 seconds.