railcars: Cathedral With No Eyes, coming Oct. 6 on vinyl, out now digitally

I love noise. I love noise music, have for ages. But it’s often hard to find noise that is accessible enough, where there’s actually music in there somewhere.  railcars are part of a genre called “shitgaze” which causes me to laugh every time I see it. Yes, it’s a respectable classification. This stuff by railcars is really noisy noise/pop. ”Castles” starts out with a great big assault to your ears and just as you’re very certain you should turn this shit off it pokes in a melody to change your mind.  It’s also the kind of thing to completely kill your neighbors or office-mates with, so have at it! And if you’re not a noise fan, you need to know that it has to be turned up loud and listened to with headphones or else you gotta hear it live. The intricacies are in there for a reason. Don’t lose them or write them off as not mattering.

In reality, railcars consists of Aria Jalali and for this tour he’s including Sam Farzin. The EP, Cathedral With No Eyes
has this whole concept behind it which, (yes I’m quoting the press release to make sure I get this right): “recounts the life of Edmund the Martyr, a 9th century king of East Anglia with songs about his life and succession to the throne as a young boy, his conquests, his suffering at the hands of vikings and death by their arrows.” (see why I wanted to quote it?) Ok, that provides inspiration, for sure. Go buy the EP, come out and see this live, I don’t think you’ll regret it.

Enjoy a noisy Friday, darlings xoxo

order the vinyl 12″ from Stumparumper Records
get the digital download here or I hear it is also on itunes

FALL 2009 TOUR
10/1 the smell – los angeles, ca w/ Experimental Dental School, Pocahaunted, Foot Village
10/2 biko garage – santa barbara, ca w/ Desolation Wilderness
10/3 UC Irvine – irvine, ca w/ Tempo No Tempo
10/4 the smell – los angeles, ca
10/5 echo curio – los angeles, ca w/ VOICEsVOICEs
10/6 ports o’ call – west covina, ca
10/7 che cafe – san diego, ca
10/8 trunkspace – phoenix, arizona
10/9 meow wolf – santa fe, new mexico
10/10 Burt’s tiki lounge – albuquerque, new mexico
10/11 rhinoceropolis – denver, colorado
10/13 soundpony – tulsa, oklahoma
10/14 good records – dallas, texas
10/15 the mohawk – austin, texas w/ Arrington de Dionyso
10/16 ameroplace – fayetteville, arkansas
10/17 rad haus – little rock, arkansas
10/18 little hamilton’s – nashville, tennessee
10/19 go bar – athens, ga
10/20 maya gallery – greensboro, north carolina
10/21 the triple – richmond, virginia
10/25 danger danger gallery – philadelphia
10/26 market hotel – brooklyn, ny
10/31 death by audio – brooklyn, ny

11/1 monkeytown – brooklyn, ny
11/2 now that’s class – cleveland, ohio
11/6 weirder park – chicago
11/7 pangea house – minot, north dakota
11/12 TBA – seattle, wa
11/13 le voyeur – olympia, washington
11/14 TBA – portland
11/18 fungarden – sacramento, california
11/19 thee parkside – san francisco, california
11/20 flux 53 gallery – oakland, california
11/23 synchronicity space – los angeles, california
11/24 acrobatics everyday – irvine, california