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**BLACK VINYL** - limited edition of 300
ft (the Shadow Government) layers
drums, guitars, vocals and electronic
whines and whirs, throws it through
some oscillators and other electronic
wizardry, and comes out with its
carefully manipulated, genre-less
sound.
Even with sound design credits and the
heavy use of circuitry, the band has more
in common with Black Flag than Brian Eno.
“Most bands claim to be unique and
original,” one reviewer wrote after hearing Guns
of August, “but these fellows really are.”
Through that first full-length and a split seven-inch on Scenester Credentials, an LP
on Modern Radio and a CD/DVD on Sick Room Records, ft (the Shadow Government)
has called out the law-makers, the pork-barrelers, the back-stabbers.
Now, The Black and White Album, its second full-length, the band picks up where it
left off. A massive collaboration, recorded at ten locations — including Steve Albini’s
Electrical Audio, Mike Lust’s Phantom Manor and the gun range at Freedonia
Ranch — the album features guest performances by William Elliot Whitmore,
STNNNG’s Chris Besinger, Tornavalanche’s Zach Westerdahl and nine others.
Formerly known as Flaccid Trip, ft (the Shadow Government) has played and toured
with the likes of STNNNG, Call Me Lightning, The Flying Luttenbachers, William
Elliott Whitmore, The Plastic Constellations, Jenny Hoyston, The Bitter Tears, and
Racebannon.
Electronica? Nope.
Punk? Sort of.
Anti-government conspiracy-theorist noise from the Heartland?
Abso-fucking-lutely.
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