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REGULATOR WATTS - The Mercury LPCOKE BOTTLE GREEN Debuting on vinyl domestically, The Mercury LP by Regulator Watts builds on the Washington, D. C. punk band's debut EP, adding assorted odds and ends recorded between 1996 and 1997. After the Dischord Records band Hoover broke up in 1994, guitarist and singer Alex Dunham teamed up with Cret Wilson (bass, vocals) and Areif Sless Kitain (drums) to widen his sonic vision. Together they quickly developed a powerful sound rooted in punk

interspersed with tragic melodies that strive for transcendence

A fidelity to memory and dream recall is sensitively probed in the journey from the stately symphonic stasis of 'Following a dream' to the almost industrial

Mark Harwood

the whole thing is finally available on vinyl

have set for themselves

Backed by Molly Neuman’s heart attack drumming and Erin Smith’s shark-in-the-surf riffs the band returns pulling no punches

Counter to the ramshackle hostility of much improvised music

an undertaking in turn informed by and emerging out of Railton’s realisations of the music of Catherine Lamb and Ellen Arkbro

and as a composer for film music and theatre plays

drawing inspiration from a diverse array of influences spanning from '90s proto-grunge icons like Nirvana

the ah club

ranging from stoned out and psychy

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