Hello! Hopefully you may like this:
"Ohm" is the first single by our band, Associate. We released it on our Bandcamp yesterday, and it's going to hit other streaming services on 17.4.
I (Anton - guitar, throat noises) am and have been a huge fan of a lot of bands that were a part of the Noise Rock / Post-Hardcore "scene" in the 80s and 90s for a long while now. I'll mention Unwound, Albini's three bands, Slint, Fugazi and The Jesus Lizard as some of my absolute favourites, among so many others.
Though writing the music was a decidedly collaborative effort, I feel like some of these influences do shine through in this track. I was in charge of recording and mixing the song, and the production most certainly took influence from the way a lot of records in these genres sound. Recording full takes of the instruments, performers and amplifiers in the room as honestly as possible, and not doing too much messing it up in the mix. I dare say that, for better or worse, it does give a pretty honest look into how we sound now. It'll only get better with the things we learned from this. (hopefully)
Everything about this release was made independently, keeping costs at a minimum, and we haven't and don't really plan on paying to market it. Here's a short teaser clip and a link to the song. We would be extremely happy if you checked it out, and even more happy if you have any feedback.
Thank you all, hope this works for some of you. I thought this would probably be the best place to try and find people who might be into what we are trying to do.
Thanks also for everyone in the community as a whole, I've been lurking and sometimes chiming in on my personal account for a while and it's been fun!