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•TOTALLY SLOW “BLEED OUT” LP/CD (Self Aware/Negative Fun Records) SONG PREMIERE ON NEW NOISE MAGAZINE• Link: http://newnoisemagazine.com/song-premiere-totally-slow-idol-hands/ Totally Slow deal in immediacy: they wanna shake you out and put some NOW in your system. For three friends who have spent two decades throwing off sparks at basement shows and DIY warehouse spots in other bands, it’s been a rejection of complacency and a conscious commitment to the present moment. Tempered by the ethos of 80s hardcore and 90s indie. As much as the band seeks to cure their own creative restlessness, Totally Slow tirelessly champion their local scene, repping their friend’s bands and progressive politics like patches on a fine denim jacket. 

Although their music builds on classic sounds, Saccharine Trust as Superchunk as The Replacements, the true pleasure is in how they wield these familiar implements like expert stone masons. Live and on record, they’re a phalanx of melody and guts, churning and burning with insistent hooks and tough energy, all amply demonstrated on the Kris Hilbert (Legitimate Business) recorded debut LP, 2014’s split 7″ with Charlotte, NC’s Black Market (Self Aware Recs) and their newest LP “Bleed Out” (Self Aware / Negative Fun Records).

PREORDER LINK: http://goo.gl/3cxOmu

Track Listing: 1. Bleed Out 2. Idol Hands 3. Shots 4. Bleed Out (Reprise) 5. P.O.S. 6. Free Hugs 7. Drug Mask 8. Everybody Give Up 9. Blank Paper Sides 10. BADBRX

The album will be available on vinyl, CD and digital formats on September 16, 2016 on Self Aware/Negative Fun Records.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES: 8/11 @ The Milestone w/ Milemarker (Charlotte, NC) 8/13 @ Lunchbox Records w/ Lemuria, Looming (Charlotte, NC) 9/16 @ The Sidebar w/ Whiff (Baltimore, MD) 9/17 @ Mill Hill w/ Progress, Oh the Humanity (Trenton, NJ) 9/18 @ Camel w/ Sea of Storms, Hoax Hunters (Richmond, VA) 9/20 @ TBA w/ Tenement (Greensboro, NC) 10/27 @ Tin Roof w/ Cicadia Radio, Hearts on Fire (Charleston, SC) 10/29 @ The Fest (Gainesville, FL)

•BLACK MARKET STREAM “DOA” ON PUNKNEWS•

LINK: https://goo.gl/EI8AsB

Fixtures of the Charlotte, North Carolina music and arts scene, Black Market have bewildered observers for most of their existence. Beginning life as a studio project, despite the wealth of live experience shared among the band, Black Market set out to write, record and release a two song EP each month during the first year of their existence, making the most of the liberation​​ provides to execute the DIY ethics at the core of the band. Black Market dedicated their time to experimentation, songwriting and stretching out both musically and visually. The exercise found a band rooted in fast and raw punk allowing elements of shoegaze, psych, and noise to infiltrate their sound. Get Over It finds a grown-up outfit, a rare feat for a band’s debut LP. A nine track song cycle follows the bands evolution and explores their trajectory. Beginning with driving tempos over winding melody, the band gets louder, heavier and noisier. The middle section gets louder, noisier, and more aggressive. Ending with a resolve, the record ultimately sounds like a band who is learning to find it’s place in the world. Demons, codependency, and bad habits get exercised in the lyrics; genres and styles get chewed up and spit out onto the ground. In a sense, Get Over It is about growing up, moving on, and lessons learned. Artist: Black Market Title: Get Over It Street Date: 4/1/2016 

Label: Negative Fun Records Catalog# NF-022

Tracklisting: 1. Garth 2. Glass Tables 3. Six Pack 4. DOA 5. Slide Away 6. Get Over It 7. Perfect 8. Judaculla 9. Release Me

Preorder: https://goo.gl/KAbJaN

Associated Acts: Light The Fuse And Run, Pleather, Little Bull Lee, The Spiveys. RIYL: Cloud Nothings, Nirvana, Parquet Courts, Sonic Youth, Hot Snakes. UPCOMING TOUR DATES:  February 27 @ Snug Harbor w/ Diarrhea Planet, Nude Party (Charlotte, NC) March 25 @ Snug Harbor w/ Luciferian Agenda (Charlotte, NC) April 22 @ New Brooklyn Tavern w/ Fishing Journal (Columbia, SC) April 29 @ Snug Harbor w/ Muuy Biien (Charlotte, NC) April 30 @ Slims (Raleigh, NC)

Publicity: Joshua Robbins / Little Yeti PR— [email protected]               Label contact info: Chris DeFusco—[email protected]            Band contact info: Evan Plante—[email protected]