so i had to shoot him

[7.27.2004] Review
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 11:19 am

Hell yes. I’ve been patiently waiting for this new CD from Jersey’s sex metal pop-grinders to finally come out, and it’s been well worth the wait. Some of you may remember SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM from a handful of split 7″s and compilation appearances in the mid-90’s, where they laid down some pulverizing, yet off-kilter, powerviolence/grindcore. The band seemed to disappear for a couple years, but reemerged recently with a completely re-tooled sound and style. The band’s vicious blasts and face-peeling distortion are perfectly intact, but this new 5 song CD showcases a uniquely BENT pop element that has totally catapulted this release into my top 10 for 2004. A seamless mashup of warped grindcore / speedcore acrobatics, ferocious double-bass drumming, and sugary, fractured pop hooks that are perfected by Contessa Von Bismarck’s sweetly/strongly delivered vocals, and who frankly reminds me alot of the singer from Velocity Girl (which is a good thing…a GREAT thing). Yeah, there are male lead vocals on this too, cleanly yelped and somnambulant…which, combined with the skronky no-wav-y (sort of, but not really…) breakdowns that pop up throughout this brilliant disc, also remind me of SEBADOH, in a weird way. So yeah, this is like Sebadoh, Infest, Napalm Death, Floor, Daughters, and girlie-indie-pop a la Velocity Girl and Rainer Maria all thrown into one fucked up blender-shake of coked out blastpop. Sweet packaging too…minimal info and no lyrics, but with a photo spread of wonderfully demented shots of the band members in all sorts of illicit behavior. Highly recommended!

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also avaiable at Insound and from Crucial Blast .

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[7.14.2004] Epileptic Couture
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 9:26 am

We have our EP: Epileptic Couture , out curtsey of Collekt Records in our hands. We will have an official release show sometime at the end of August, more details will follow. We will have CD’s with us at our show at North Six on Thursday (7.15). Hope to see you there.

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[6.1.2004] Stupid Inventory
by: Contessa Elizabeth @ 3:51 pm

We’re not playing Curmudgeon on June 11th with our peeps Flashlight Arcade due to the fact that their store won’t be ready for performances in time. Will Re-Schedule for July.
Great Stuff.

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[5.21.2004] politics
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 9:35 pm

so we are not playing the 27th at pianos because glass candy and the shattered theaters manager thought there were too many bands on the show. yeah so guess who our new favorite band is……. pianos is giving us another show at another date, probably in july sometime. we were really excited to play pianos and play with aqui, now we’re not……… our manager’s said,,,,,,,,,,,, oh yeah wait we don’t have a manager…………. we fired her cause she shaved her mustache…………. so go see us in NJ on June 11th

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[4.26.2004] e-recording
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 3:22 pm

So this past Friday we recorded a song for an upcoming E-Music venture called Crisp. We recorded at Atomic in Brooklyn with Dean Baltulonis. Dean rocks, as does Leroy. The song is called Coroners Aria, and actually deals with some personal stuff related to the band. The song will be available on the E-Music site in the nearer than further future (yeah we don’t really know yet).

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[3.11.2004] World Dom ination has begun!!!
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 3:53 pm

During the 3 coldest days of 2004 So I Had To Shoot Him recorded and mixed 5 songs with Chris Badami at Portrait Recording Studios . These 5 songs will be put out as the EP: Epileptic Couture . This EP will be released on Collekt Records.

We also have some shows coming up in NYC. Check the Altercation page for details.

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[11.18.2003] WELCOME
by: soihadtoshoothim @ 8:59 pm

We are a band! We are recording a demo in January. We will play shows.
Go to the pontification page it’s where all the actions at right now.

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