{"id":35118,"date":"2020-10-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35118"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:13:54","slug":"the-lice-release-mini-album-punk-is-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35118","title":{"rendered":"The Lice release mini-album \u2018Punk Is Bed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bouncing basslines hop up and down while icy feedback slices through a pounding programmed drum beat, there\u2019s a catchy melody\u2026and it\u2019s done. The Lice have found a beautiful formula by crafting short post-punk & coldwave-inspired songs. Each track takes you to a cavernous realm, gets you hooked, then ends. It\u2019s just wonderful.

Matthew Gray started The Lice in 2018, recording these \u201cshort weird noisy ghostly\u201d songs, performing live with Gio Chumpitazi & Josh Lopez, and completing the first Lice full-length (\u2018Hoarder House UFO\u2019) at the beginning of this year. The mini-album \u2018Punk Is Bed\u2019 is recorded entirely by Gray with drum machine loops, warbling bass parts and EBow assisted guitar feedback melodies. \u201cThere are songs about staying inside, going outside to riot, not being able to sleep, taking pills to sleep and staying in bed all day. Daymare Town is a one minute burst of anxious dread given a pop melody. Stagefright is a song about not playing shows giving a wistful melody and a rickety drum beat.\u201d<\/em> Prior to The Lice, Gray ran the tape label Juniper Tree Sounds and performed as Shivering Window, BYODeath, and a few \u201csemi-secret projects haunting the far corners of Bandcamp\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Punk Is Bed\u2019 track list<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Side A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Lo-Res <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Near Dark <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Ferro<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Stop Motion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Stagefright<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Side B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Aloofness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Repulsion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Daymare Town<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Sloth<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Blank Tape on the Radio<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      All proceeds from the digital and cassette release of this album will go to Inland Empire Harm Reduction, \u201ca community-based public health organization working to improve the health and well-being of people affected by drug use in the Inland Empire region of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.\u201d<\/em> For more information, visit www.ieharmreduction.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Watch the video for Daymare Town<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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