mrw44 presents -
THE MASS + LAPSUS LINGUAE + DIRTY HUSBAND
Tuesday 8th November
at the Subway, 69 the Cowgate, Edinburgh
Doors 7.30pm, £5 / £4 members + friends

THE MASS

Hailing from Oakland, CA, The Mass (Matt Waters on Vocals/Saxophone,
drummer Tyler Cox, bassist Matthew Solberg and guitarist Tom
O'Donnell) is truly one of the more original and heavy bands around.
Their new album 'Perfect Picture' was recorded by Tim Green (of The
Fucking Champs and Nation of Ulysses) and is out now on Monotreme
Records (UK) and Crucial Blast Records (North America).

`Perfect Picture…' is a relentless assault on the senses, in which
monstrous, headbanging riffs, plaintive, eerie post-rock, wailing
free jazz, dense sludge, stoned math, hushed, sinister saxophone
interludes, screaming black metal and ripping hardcore punk are all
thrown into a virulent, bubbling cauldron, along with catchy hooks
employing maniacal guitar/sax harmonies that reference the likes of
Thin Lizzy, Zappa, Neurosis and Opeth.

A couple of live reviews: "The Mass are Awesome - I have never ever
said any band were awesome before, it's the most over used word in
wordom, The Mass are Awesome! … The Mass never ever stop being
interesting, they never ever stop totally rocking and thrashing and
jazzing and progging and when he picks up that sax its not some icing
on the top, it's just a natural part of the whole of it. They build
things up so so so well, how on earth can anyone follow that? …we're
slumped and gasping for air, The Mass were awesome." -Organ Magazine

"Think Sweep The Leg Johnny, Converge and Mr Bungle mixing it up in a
seedy back alley bar…When frontman Matt Waters pulls a saxophone to
his lips and stabs at it DEP-style, The Mass cement their position as
mavericks…why aren't The Mass huge?" - Rock Sound

More info and reviews here:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/mass.html
MP3s of the new album:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/perfect.html
MP3s of their previous album:
http://www.monotremerecords.com/mass/city.html

LAPSUS LINGUAE

"Their seamless blend of avant-classical and post-punk is
mystifying." Epinions
"Like a cross between Tom Waits, Shellac and Black Heart Procession.
Really unusual but ace." Rough Trade

DIRTY HUSBAND

Post-anal attention deficit hyperspasticity performance noisewank
special-needscore. Short and sweet (or sour).