In 2008, Dominic Mallary, my close friend and the singer for our band together at the time, Last Lights, passed away due to complications stemming from an injury he sustained while our band was performing. At the time of his passing, we had a small amount of unfinished and unrecorded material, the most complete of which can be found in the form of the instrumental "Sink" in the Last Lights discography. Most others have faded from memory completely.
As opposed to letting it all slowly disappear, we constructed this song from one of those left over riffs, written by Dominic in 2008. In addition to his talents in music, Dom was a striking artist and a brilliant poet and in this and his spirit, the chosen lyrics for this piece are selected from my favorites of his poetry. If you are not familiar with his work, please visit the link to Black Ocean Press below to rectify that.
High-wire minimalist post-punk of the finest sort: the poetry of daily banality spit over molten guitar solos and elastic rhythms. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 20, 2017
Grab the pre-order to receive a limited-edition, satirical zine authored by Ray, who bares all in her Northern Spy debut. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2015
Adopting an optimistic, genre-fluid mindset atypical to most contemporary punk rock, the Aussies rage against the machine with glee. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2024
From the first deadened cowbell to the last dissonant guitar interval, Dutch quartet Geo's new record is shaped for impact. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 25, 2024