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How They Light Cigarettes in Prison
Drowningman
How They Light Cigarettes in Prison
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
Burlington, Vermont might not be known as a hot spot for hardcore. Socialist mayors, monsters in nearby Lake Champlain, Phish, and filthy hippies maybe- but definitely not hardcore. Be that as it may, over the last several...  more »

     
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All Artists: Drowningman
Title: How They Light Cigarettes in Prison
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Revelation
Original Release Date: 2/22/2000
Re-Release Date: 3/7/2000
Album Type: Single
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Hardcore & Punk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 098796008928, 098796008928

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Burlington, Vermont might not be known as a hot spot for hardcore. Socialist mayors, monsters in nearby Lake Champlain, Phish, and filthy hippies maybe- but definitely not hardcore. Be that as it may, over the last several years, the aggressive music world has been waking up to Vermont's dirty little secret and most recent addition to the Revelation Records family, Drowningman. Not particularly proud of their backwoods heritage, Drowningman has been content in the common misconception that they were from Boston created by their handful of releases on Hydrahead Records. With each successive release, from 1997's debut 7" Weighted and Weighed Down, to 1998's Busy Signal At The Suicide Hotline LP, and 1999's incendiary split 7" with New Jersey's Dillinger Escape Plan, the band has expanded the parameters of their caustic blend of spastic metal/hardcore blasts and emotional, melodic interludes, and in turn put themselves, and maybe someday their home state, on the hardcore map. With the release of How They Light Cigarettes In Prison (their debut record for Revelation, produced by Brian McTernan, layout by Jake Bannon), the Drowningman gospel is sure to be increasingly spread and their secret identities doubly unsafe back home in VT. Drowningman is preparing for the eventuality that they will be forced to flee their vocations as game wardens, bait diggers and gas station attendants in what will be a schedule of constant touring once the ice breaks in spring time. Besides exhibiting a finely tuned sense of songwriting that usually escapes many modern, math-oriented hardcore bands, How They Light Cigarettes in Prison positively drips with the dark sarcasm hinted at on earlier Drowningman releases. Tales of heartbreak and woe, challenges to close-quarters combat, ruminations on half-developed paranoid delusions and carefully laid plans for revenge and armed heists- all set to music. If you've followed Drowningman's series of musical maturations from release to release you may still not have expected this newest 4-song collection of auditory mean-spiritedness. If you're a newcomer to Drowningman's world they pray for you and yours and hope you look forward to being surprised and scared by whatever those guys have in store for their first Revelation full-length for Revelation, coming this summer.

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CD Reviews

Dan Henk
Dan Henk | NYC | 07/20/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Excellent follow up to their full length on Hydra Head records. They continue to refine and tighten their sound, making this a more consistent release than their previous, and hopefully the prelude to a great full length. I still hear a heavy Deadguy influence in the instrumentation, not that that's a bad thing, but the vocals are quite unique, and some of the best in hardcore. The screams are on target, but when Simon opens up and sings the music explodes with passion. Excellent packaging and cd artwork as well."
Tension and Release
Ian Morrison | Springfield, Vermont USA | 08/12/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The wind is taken from me. Its pure passion, such a warm sound..With rawness.. Its metal but theres a balance. Suddenly I'm on a mountain top, as the Emo.. settles in me, I dont know if i should be screaming or crying. At first hearing its alot to take in, and when it fades out i can feel the knots in my stomach turn... Tension and release, with those two elements in a song/ and whole lot of talent writing orignal metal parts and orginal emo parts you can't go wrong. Its refreshing to hear new things. Go see them live, A band played in did a few shows with these guys before they signed to Revelation. Thier energy can't be ignored. It gets "roudy" as Simon Brody (Vocals) would put it. GO buy it. If you love it awesome tell your friends. IF you hate it tell your enemies."