Name: Pith
Brand: Melkbelly

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-WIX-02

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Colour

purple

Colour details

Purple / Black Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-04-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

677517700213

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / purple

CD-WIX-02

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Download code: No

Extended format: No

677517700220

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Melkbelly

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Carpark

Melkbelly sculpts their signature balance between subtle melody and frantic noise on new album <i>Pith,</i> their second for Carpark Records / Wax Nine. The Chicago-based foursome has made spatial dynamics central to its arrangements, reaching for weirder highs and more startling atmospherics, negative space giving way to enveloping walls of chaos. This sense of form is reflected not only in the purposeful production, but in the ceramic cover art created by Chicago artist Deborah Handler. 

Recording in two short sessions six months apart, the band worked with longtime collaborator Dave Vettraino, this time at Bloomington, Indiana’s Russian Recording. Alongside an arsenal of rock gear and airy synth layers coaxed from a Moog Prodigy, PITH’s multidimensionality was refined by the studio’s collection of rare Russian tube mics, which were placed in every corner to capture Melkbelly’s unabashed loudness. Frontperson Miranda Winters’ charmingly bright vocals are newly effected, delayed to a menacing, mysterious thickness. Guitars, handled by Miranda and Bart Winters, interlock and separate with dizzying ease, riffs dissolving into floating trails and reappearing with metallic edges. Bassist Liam Winters’ low grooves bounce and kick along with drummer James Wetzel’s rhythmically unsettling performance, which stretches time yet never falters.

Pith

Music US