{"id":25026,"date":"2017-04-08T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25026"},"modified":"2017-05-28T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T11:44:16","slug":"taiwan-housing-project-premiere-new-song-multidimensional-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25026","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Housing Project premiere new song &#8216;Multidimensional Spectrum&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?resize=5184%2C3456\" alt=\"Taiwan Housing Project\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?w=5184&amp;ssl=1 5184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Philadelphia, PA noise-punk supergroup Taiwan Housing Project have shared new song<b> <\/b><em>Multidimensional Spectrum<\/em>.\u00a0The track\u00a0appears on Taiwan Housing Project&#8217;s debut album, &#8216;Veblen Death Mask,&#8217; which will be out May 5th via Kill Rock Stars on LP, CS,\u00a0and digital and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/killrockstars.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c21c057faf23c1ac99e070428&amp;id=0444af4031&amp;e=77377d6119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available for pre-order now.<\/a>\u00a0Take a listen to\u00a0<em>Multidimensional Spectrum<\/em> via\u00a0YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ascQv7kmDfo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For buildings, there are zoning laws. For automobiles, traffic ordinance enforced by police officers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For aircraft, there&#8217;s air traffic control and for industry, patent laws, labor laws, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Despite all the regulations, scofflaws are common and people &#8220;break the law&#8221; constantly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The world of rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll bands is different. Though it prides itself as a libertine anarchy where all is permitted, unspoken rules are in place which nearly none dare transgress. In the modern era, these regulations are as strictly enforced as in any gulag.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Political statements must consist of kitsch platitudes, the music a rote recitation from the nostalgia file. Appearance must be mundane and performance a tame approximation of a half remembered snore-fest<\/em><br \/>\n<em> from the golden age of &#8220;mTV unplugged.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Any deviation will be punished \u2014monetarily and critically\u2014 and rebels are banished to the kingdom of no-one-cares.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Faced with such prospects, conformity in &#8220;indie rock&#8221; is ABSOLUTE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the outskirts of this work camp though, is one notable rule breaker &#8230; a group of delinquents with outlaw values: style, ideas, physicality, vivacity &#8230; when turned to the &#8220;on&#8221; position, they resemble a terrifying power tool or downed &#8220;live wire.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Taiwan Housing Project?<\/strong>\u00a0A band powerful enough to exorcise its audience of the degenerate culture which is poisoning them: Popular radio, mini series, political idiocy, toxic architecture, Hollywood film, and graphic design&#8230; stimuli created explicitly to numb and retard its victims, and to tame any deviant impulse.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan Housing Project\u00a0was formed by\u00a0Kilynn\u00a0Lunsford\u00a0(Ex-Little Claw) who, onstage, performs like a reborn Little Richard. Fur clad, ax wielding, slashing, tearing, &#8220;flame on.&#8221;\u00a0Mark Feehan\u00a0(ex-Harry Pussy) flanks the stage, picking and grinning like a loosed convict with a taste for vengeance. These two began the band as a experiment in perversity but it quickly transformed into a way of life, a hope bringer, a font of joy for them and their devotees. More members were added (Pat Ganley, Adam Cooper, Kevin Nickles, and Kevin Boyer of groups such as\u00a0Tyvek,\u00a0Dan Melchior,\u00a0Writhing\u00a0Squares,\u00a0Tickley Feather, et al), shows were played, a 45 was released (on the excellent M&#8217;Lady&#8217;s imprint) and now &#8230;.. a debut album\u00a0via\u00a0Kill Rock Stars, called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/killrockstars.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c21c057faf23c1ac99e070428&amp;id=699a3ea9e3&amp;e=77377d6119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veblen Death Mask<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes you gotta burn the village to save it&#8221; is THP&#8217;s philosophy, and in keeping with that, their live style is a take no prisoners, destroy the stage, ecstatic orgy of sound.<\/p>\n<p>BUT \u2014 cleverly concealed under the noise and abandon, Taiwan Housing Project<b>\u00a0<\/b>play bewitching pop songs which could bubble up comfortably in a reform school disco or European youth hall.<\/p>\n<h5>Live dates<\/h5>\n<p>04\/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts w\/ Boss Hog \/\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/killrockstars.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c21c057faf23c1ac99e070428&amp;id=e0f5367243&amp;e=77377d6119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tickets<\/a><br \/>\n05\/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda&#8217;s\u00a0(ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!!!) \/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/killrockstars.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c21c057faf23c1ac99e070428&amp;id=176ef8798f&amp;e=77377d6119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan Housing Project will tour the USA in July and Europe in October\/November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Philadelphia, PA noise-punk supergroup Taiwan Housing Project have shared new song Multidimensional Spectrum.\u00a0The track\u00a0appears on Taiwan Housing Project&#8217;s debut album, &#8216;Veblen Death Mask,&#8217; which will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25026\" title=\"Taiwan Housing Project premiere new song &#8216;Multidimensional Spectrum&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,30,31,4165],"tags":[6112,5704,6111],"class_list":["post-25026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-new-release","category-noise","category-punk","tag-multidimensional-spectrum","tag-taiwan-housing-project","tag-veblen-death-mask"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5740a221-c113-49c6-9f2c-5a91801830a0.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6vE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23973,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23973","url_meta":{"origin":25026,"position":0},"title":"Taiwan Housing Project sign to Kill Rock Stars","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Kill Rock Stars have announced that they've\u00a0signed Philadelphia, PA noise punk supergroup\u00a0Taiwan Housing Project. 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