Chime - Oblivion (New Vinyl LP)

Chime Oblivion began out of the blue. David Barbarossa reached out to John Dwyer saying he was a fan of Osees and he was invited to a show in London. The two hung out and hit it off, “”then I rabbit holed on Bow Wow Wow too…,”” Dwyer recalls. “”I reached out to David and suggested that we try and write some songs together… I flew David out, we met at my studio and spent five days writing basic drums ideas.”” The two got to know each other and had a lot of laughs. Dwyer then brought in Weasel Walter, knowing that he would be perfect “”to add all that legitimate old-school weird proto-punk no wave guitar scratch to it, which of course he did masterfully.”” Next came Tom Dolas to play fuzzy marimba, and the fabulous H.L. Nelly, “”as I knew her from a record I”d put out back in the day for a band called Naked Lights from Oakland. I knew that she could pull off the vocal style I had in mind.”” Together, the group created their debut self-titled album. For Deathgod. “”For fans of Adam & the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Crass, The Slits, and any other wierdo punk we fell in love with as youths.””

Tracks

1 Incidental Synth 5
2 Neighborhood Dog
3 Kiss Her or Be Her
4 the Fiend
5 Incidental Synth 4
6 Heated Horses
7 the Uninvited Guest
8 And Again
9 the Mythomaniac
10 Smoke Ring
11 Incidental Synth 7
12 I”m Not a Mirror
13 Grass
14 Cold Pulse
15 the Catalogue