The Mummies are so rude and obnoxious that they cover themselves in gauze to avoid being recognized on the street, as it wouldn’t be safe for them to be seen. They have NEVER BEEN CAUGHT to date. Their origins were discovered to be in the Bay Area. Their blistering sound is not for the squeamish. They’ve recorded for numerous labels, including Estrus, Sympathy For The Record Industry and Telstar. The Mummies were dead for a number of years but have since emerged from their tomb for a new generation of garage, lo fi and punk cheerleaders.
*************************************************FLOUR is the long-awaited, much-anticipated, full-course follow-upto Buzzsaws — Brower’s debut album from 2018. Sure, there’s been tasty snacks and treats to sustain folks along the way: several singles worth, and a totally authentic “LIVE” ALBUM. But this is the fresh new long-player platter you’ve hungered for.
Again, recorded entirely by Nat, at home and in the practice space (that is, various different practice spaces, thanks to unruly landlords) in Brooklyn. The recording project spanned several years due to touring, gigging, and rehearsing with the myriad of bands that form the Brower Cinematic Universe (including the live band, Brower; plus Josephine Network, Nancy, Metalleg, and The Wand-ers), not to mention working the many day-jobs it requires to barely sustain life in NYC.
FLOUR is benefited by this kind of “slow” practice, where time lends itself to exploration. One gets a sense of Brower’s freedom to stretch out and try new things, new instrumentation, and take a deeper dive into the songwriting always brewing between his ears.
In Brower’s kitchen, his recipe for FLOUR was created, tasted, tested, reworked, revisited, and rebuilt—from scratch—to the delight of the most choosy of rock ‘n’ roll gourmands and punk rock bon vivants. As they say, good food takes time. Now, once again, Brower is served.
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The Dracu-Las are a four-piece Rock ‘n’ Roll outfit formed in Jersey City in fall 2021. They embellish their lo-fi garage sound with surf, power-pop, and post-punk sensibilities, showcasing catchy harmonies, unexpected hooks, and a fiery rhythm section.
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