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IF THESE TREES COULD TALK
Akron, OH
If Theses Trees Could Talk brings you to a place you didn't know existed, but now that you do, you discover that you need it. It's 100% unique and reeks of individuality. The blueprint went out the window, the rules forgotten. We'd like to consider them the soundtrack to those beautiful, freezing winter days that only come after a full night of mixed rain and snow. Tree branches and power lines completely swallowed in ice. Where the sky is so blue it looks fake and even though the sun covers your face with blazing light, you're frigid to the bone.
mp3 sample:"Malabar Front" from If These Trees Could Talk
Jeff Kalal - guitar Cody Kelly - guitar Mike Socrates - guitar Tom Fihe - bass Zack Kelly - drums
DISCOGRAPHY: If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk CD (self released, 2006)PURCHASE If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk 12" (The Mylene Sheath, 2007) OUT OF PRINT If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky CD (self released, 2009)PURCHASE If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky LP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009)PREORDER
BEWARE OF SAFETY Los Angeles, CA 
Beware of Safety made the conscious choice to create instrumental music.
To create sounds that words could not express.
To leave out the vocal monologue that is without interpretation or insight, but instead, create music which traverses emotional and textural hollows that teeter between concealment and proclamation; between rapture and affliction; between conviction and deprivation; between opulence and destitution; between choice and coercion; between boldness and apathy.
Beware of Safety calls the unspeakable from it's hiding place and imparts it to their listeners with gentle tact and deliberate action.
The inexpressible has found it's voice.
mp3 sample:"The Supposed Common" from dogs Steve Molter - guitar Adam Kay - guitar Jeff Zemina - guitar Tad Piecka - bass Morgan Hendry - drums
DISCOGRAPHY: Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains CD (self released, 2007)PURCHASE Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains 12" (The Mylene Sheath, 2007) PURCHASE Beware of Safety - dogs CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009)PURCHASE Beware of Safety - dogs 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE
CASPIAN Beverly, MA 
Caspian's third attempt at sonic hegemony is Tertia - ten tracks that swirl, that twist and curl out of and into themselves, embracing the paradox of evoking the wildly specific by exploring the elusively abstract. There is a narrative, but it is spasmodic, fleeting moments, amidst songs like "La Cerva" and "Malacoda" where the instruments come together to an inextricable point, yet they seem to be uniting to deliver this: Things are about to fall apart. And then they do. With teeth gritted tighter than previous work, "The Raven" showcases the leaden fury that weighs on the cracking atlas-spine of the album. There is something controlled about the plummet, though. It is as if the fall is really a volatile casting down of the familiar until, in "Vienna," its pieces can be quietly examined amidst the passing violence. Out of the scattered shards comes the closing "Sycamore." Beginning with the most delicate drippings of melody since their debut's "Last Rites," guitar lines weave around each other, bleeding and fading into a mosaic of polyrhythms that, for all their tribal wiliness, ceases with a single snap, soldering the instruments into something fused, smooth, new. Tertia is, at it's blood pumping core, an aural descent through darkness towards a sun-soaked radiance. There is a sweeping sense of storytelling happening here, and fans of the band will have no difficulty assigning their own highly personal meaning to the narrative that unfolds. And yet, Tertia is also simply sixty minutes of new music written by five guys, inspired by the relentless cycle of performing on the road and experiencing a world much larger than the small oceanside town they call home. An honest reaction to life experience is being attempted, and it's taking form in a gloaming full of guitar flurries, bass throbs and pulsating, steady percussion. Since forming in 2004 as a four-piece with no aspirations other than to create music they could collectively appreciate, the band have added a third guitarist, whose weighty presence makes its recording debut here. After playing their first show in their hometown of Beverly, Mass. five years ago, the band have been in a seemingly constant state of motion, bringing their sound well beyond borders they initially imagined, with a plan to add even more this fall. The rain of fists that was their debut EP, You Are The Conductor, bled into the distinctive-but-circular tone poems of their first full-length, The Four Trees. Now, Tertia. One word meaning 'three' - the sum is merely an echo of its parts, the parts always aching--or, at least trying--to be one.
mp3 sample:"Of Foam and Wave" from Tertia
Philip Jamieson - guitar Calvin Joss - guitar Erin Burke-Moran - guitar Chris Friedrich - bass Joe Vickers - drums
Caspian - You Are The Conductor CD (Dopamine, 2005)PURCHASE Caspian - You Are The Conductor 12" (The Mylene Sheath, 2008) PURCHASE Caspian - The Four Trees CD (Dopamine, 2007:USA) / Make My Day, 2008 : Europe)PURCHASE (USA) or PURCHASE (EUROPE) Caspian - The Four Trees 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2007) PURCHASE Caspian - Tertia 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE Caspian - Tertia CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE
GIFTS FROM ENOLA Harrisonbug, VA 
"Every few years an album comes out that pushes the existing genres of music so far that it can no longer be recognizable as an album of any one genre. The explosion of a culmination of influences so diverse that the creative output that the end result yields is powerful enough to create its own genre of music. These are the albums that inspire people to create music and these are the influential albums that remain timeless for eternity. With their third release, Harrisonburg, VA's Gifts From Enola may have created an album that is just that powerful. Completely uninhibited, uncompromising, and unrelenting, "From Fathoms" is all at once an emotional epiphany and an unintentional reckoning of the new creative wave. Sharing as much in common with bands like The Mars Volta and Minus The Bear as it shares with Explosions In The Sky or This Will Destroy You. Defying boundaries with an unrelenting, aggressive assault ala Converge one second, the next seamlessly flowing into a high flying crescendo of hope in Mono-like fashion. The end result of this album is certainly unclassifiable and name dropping all over the place will never accurately describe the sound. It is its own, and that is a rare feat in today's saturated music industry. This is unexpected. This is "From Fathoms". "
mp3 sample:"Benthos" from From Fathoms
Andrew Barnes - guitar CJ Deluca - guitar Tim Skirven - guitar Nathaniel Dominy - bass Jud Mason - drums
Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed The Mind CD (self released, 2006)PURCHASE Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed The Mind 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2008) PURCHASE Gifts From Enola/You.May.Die.In.The.Desert: Harmonic Motion Vol. 1 split CD (Differential Records, 2008)PURCHASE Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE
YOU.MAY.DIE.IN.THE.DESERT Seattle, WA 
You.May.Die.In.The.Desert use sudden and unexpected time changes, funky time signatures, and frighteningly sharp technical prowess to achieve a sound all it's own. They're not leaving you behind, but they are challenging you to keep up. This only accentuates the beauty that is captured in each song, giving the listener room to take the ride and dream along the entire trip, if they choose to. We feel this is Sunday morning inspiration, energetic and focused. Breaking lazy habits. And as your mind is being blown and you decide to read the liner notes, you'll realize that this is just a three piece.Then your head explodes.
mp3 sample:"Bears In The Yukon" from Bears In The Yukon
Brian Woods - guitar, loops Brandon Salter - bass, programming Michael Clark - drums, percussion, piano
You.May.Die.In.The.Desert - Bears In The Yukon CD (THe Mylene Sheath, 2008) PURCHASE You.May.Die.In.The.Desert/Gifts From Enola: Harmonic Motion Vol. 1 split CD (Differential Records, 2008) PURCHASE
GIANTS Cedar Falls, IA / Chicago, IL / Minneapolis, MN 
Methodical, meticulous, precise. You can envision yourself seeing your life unfold through the eyes of a traveller as he journeys the country side years ago. This is epic stuff. Masterfully textured and layered. Leaving no notes unplayed and remaining focused throughout each track, this band has created a sound that sends and intoxicating layer of goose bumps over your body as the songs progress and ultimately climax in crashing crescendos. If everyone would start their morning off with a track by this band, war would not exist. =)
mp3 sample:"The Palace Stands In It's Proper Place" from They, The Undeserving
Heath Hospodarsky - guitar James Lyle - guitar Josh Parks - guitar Dave Livingston - bass Paul Miller - drums
Giants - Giants CD (self released, 2005) out of print Giants - They, The Undeserving CD (Medical Abuse Records, 2007) PURCHASE Giants - They, The Undeserving 12" (The Mylene Sheath, 2008) PURCHASE Giants - Old Stories (Cavity Records, 2008) PURCHASE
BENEATH OBLIVION Cincinnati, OH 
Beneath Oblivion is Cincinnati, Ohio’s finest in doom, despair and futility. Crawling forward, white-knuckled with down-tuned guitar riffs that leave you unnerved and anxious, bass lines that thud hard enough to leave you nauseous, and drums that thump one minute in a tribal, trance-inducing cavalcade and the next crashing down with the power of a mountain splitting in two. And though self-lamenting enough to satisfy anyones deepest wallowing, it challenges you to use your sorrow as a fuel to conquer and persevere.
mp3 sample:"One Year Of Deprivation" from Beneath Oblivion
Scott Simpson - vocals/guitar Jay Waller - bass/vocals Nate Bidwell - drums
Beneath Oblivion - Existence Without Purpose CD (self released, 2006) out of print Beneath Oblivion/Sin Of Angels split 10" (43rd Parallel, 2007) PURCHASE Beneath Oblivion - Beneath Oblivion 10" (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE
EKSI EKSO Boston, MA 
At the edge of an impossibly calm reservoir, face down among broken glass and apocalyptic debris, you have no identification... no recollection of how you ended up here. Barely mobile and completely taxed, you rise, fearing what is to be found and not found.Did you initiate this catastrophe or are you a reluctant survivor left in place to rebuild what's left? The Boston-based sextet are forged with a sense of triumph and hope when everything else has been eradicated, the album pendulates over the fine balance between creation and annihilation: at one second breathy, calm, and sparse; followed immediately by snaking melodies, unrelenting density and climactic cacophony.
mp3 sample:"Killing Texas" from I Am Your Bastard Wings
Nate Shumaker - vocals/guitar Tom Korkidis - bass/vocals/keys/samples Clara Kebabian - violin/vocals Beth Holub - viola/other Sean Will - trumpet/keys/samples Alex Mihm - drums
Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2008) PURCHASE Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings CD (Magic Bullet, 2008)PURCHASE
LVNGS Dayton, OH 
This Dayton, OH based quartet crawls under your skin with exceptional songwriting, commanding, intense drumming, slithering, dueling guitars, and droning, throbbing basslines. There’s a hint of dirt mixed in all this; like layers of sludgy soil beneath the surface, thick and full of history. The Earth's breathing, if you will, slowly inhaling to it's warm and solid core.
mp3 sample:"Sinking Ships" from Sinking Ships b/w Two
Greg - guitar Chris - guitar Drew - bass Mick - drums
Lvngs - Sinking Ships b/w Two 7" PURCHASE
ACTORS & ACTRESSES Kansas City, MO 
Actors & Actresses are dedicated to the idea that music can be heavy without being angry, and lush without being boring and aimless. They began working to create an atmosphere that elevates rather than overwhelms the listener's senses with a focus on creating a unique visual accompaniment that blends with their music.
Soon after their 2004 debut, the band found that using an ideal balance of eerie and comforting sounds pleased a swiftly-growing audience. Many new fans of the band were surprised that a sound so large and layered could come from just 3 musicians. Scott Bennett anchors the trio with a massive thrum of down-tuned bass diametrically-opposed by his soft alto vocals. Andrew Schiller's guitars provide a backdrop that moves between subtle harmonic textures and blaring noise. David Sumner guides the roiling mass of sound with precise rhythm constructions from both his kit and banks of samples that give Actors & Actresses an instantly recognizable signature sound.
mp3 sample:"Law of Entropy" from Arrows Scott Bennett - bass/vocals Andrew Schiller - guitar Dave Sumner - drums/media samples
Actors & Actresses - We Love Our Enemy CD (self released, 2005) PURCHASE Actors & Actresses - Arrows LP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE Actors & Actresses - Arrows CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) coming June 9th, 2009 PURCHASE
CONSTANTS Boston, MA  Call it space rock, call it art rock, call it progressive indie textural mamma jammas. Call it whatever you want, but creating beautiful, challenging, conceptual epics is something that appears to come easy to Boston, MA's Constants. After showing unlimited potential on their 2004 debut, "Nostalgia For The Future" and its follow-up, 2006's "The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril," the band has now firmly and undeniably come into their own on their latest opus. Following their recent split 7" with fellow Bostonians in Caspian, the courageously ambitious three-part exercise in atmosphere and mood on display within "The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension" is truly a haunting experience. It knows when to build, when to change, when to climax, when to breathe and when to stop. This is an album of such subtle extremes and tasteful intricacies that the further you delve into it's many layers, the more lost you become, and the more rewarded you will be. Not for the faint of heart, this is a music lovers album on every level.
mp3 sample: "Genetics Like Chess Pieces" from The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension Will Benoit - Guitar/vocals/Programming Rob Motes - Drums Orion Wainer - Bass
DISCOGRAPHY: Constants - Nostalgia For The Future CD/ LP (Radar Recordings, 2004) OUT OF PRINT Constants - The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril MCD(Radar Recordings, 2006) PURCHASE Constants - The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril LP(Vega Vinyl, 2008) PURCHASE Caspian/ Constants - Split 7"(Radar Recordings, 2008) PURCHASE
Constants - The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE Constants - The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension 3xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009) PURCHASE
JUNIUS Boston, MA 
The tireless and ever-touring bearded men of Junius are releasing their new record, The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist, this Fall on The Mylene Sheath (North America / UK) and Make My Day Records (Europe). Preparation for the long-awaited album began in 2006, with month-long writing/recording sessions in such unconventional locales as a bank vault in California, a warehouse in Texas, a farmhouse in Vermont, and a shack in the swamps of Louisiana. The result is a full-fledged concept album, inspired by the life and theories of controversial scholar Immanuel Velikovsky.
From birth to death, The Martyrdom of A Catastrophist chronicles a man whose progressive theories on ancient history and the cosmos were widely challenged by mainstream academia during his lifetime. The album's ten songs are both cinematic and accessible, building to crescendos which echo some of Post Rock's most epic moments, but with vocals, hooks, and lyrics creating focus throughout. Actual quotes from Velikovsky's interviews and lectures are interspersed between songs, providing a sense of narrative to the proceedings.
Junius produced The Martyrdom at the legendary A&M Records studios in Hollywood (now known as Henson Recording) over the course of a year, somewhat guerilla-style, during off-hours when the studio wasn't booked (the band has joked that they were bumped out by everyone from Akon to Bruce Springsteen—literally). The album was recorded by Kevin Mills and Tom Syrowski (Weezer, AFI, Incubus) and mastered by Dave Collins (Danny Elfman, Black Sabbath, The Police).
While Junius' sound is sometimes tough to categorize, they have cited such artists as Bedhead (Junius singer/guitarist Joseph E. Martinez's uncle Trini was their drummer), Philip Glass, Hum, and M83 among a long list of inspirations. The band has been electrifying rapt audiences with their spellbinding walls of reverb-drenched guitars, haunting vocals and self-made lights since 2004.
Shortly after releasing their first EP, Forcing Out The Silence, Junius began a tireless touring regimen to fan the flames of an already blazing press. Among its accolades, Disclosure Magazine declared the debut "one of the most engaging Dark Rock albums to come out since Joy Division last graced a stage." Junius toured for over 9 months and played over 200 shows in their first year alone, embracing a DIY ethic which remains at the core of the band's ideology.
Both the debut EP and its 2006 follow-up, Blood Is Bright (later released as a self-titled full-length), were recorded by Will Benoit (of Constants), and mastered by Nick Zampiello (Isis, Converge, Torche). Hailed as a “darkly lush epic” by Alternative Press and “genius” by The Big Takeover, Junius’ work is borne of experiments in isolation and asceticism. It’s this austere approach from one of America's hardest working bands that adds a weighty sense of purpose and intrigue to their output.
2009 finds the members of Junius as tenacious as ever, continually touring Europe and North America (recently sharing stages with the likes of Pelican, Mare, Tombs, Wolves In The Throne Room, and Irepress, among others), headlining festivals, lending music to a series of short films by director Mary Lambert (Pet Semetary), and, of course, finally seeing the release of their new album.
mp3 sample:Stargazers And Gravediggers from The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist Michael Repasch-Nieves - Guitar Dana Filloon - Drums Joel Munguia - Bass Joseph E. Martinez - Vocals, Guiate
DISCOGRAPHY: Junius - Forcing Out The Silence CDep (Radar Recordings, 2004)PURCHASE Junius - Hiding Knives CD single (Radar Recordings, 2005)PURCHASE Junius - Blood Is Bright CDep (Radar Recordings, 2006)PURCHASE Junius - Forcing Out The Silence CDep (Radar Recordings, 2004)PURCHASE Keep Singing! A benefit compilation for Compassion Over Killing (Exotic Fever Records, 2007)PURCHASE Junius - The Fires of Antediluvia 7" (Radar Recordings/Anchorless Records, 2007)PURCHASE Junius - Junius CD (Radar Recordings/S.A.F. Records : USA, Make My Day Records : Europe, 2007)PURCHASE USA or PURCHASE EUROPE Junius - The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist CD (The Mylene Sheath, 2009)PURCHASE Junius - The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist 2xLP (The Mylene Sheath, 2009)PURCHASE
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