ALARMS & CONTROLS
SELF-TITLED DEBUT 7-INCH
DISCHORD 174.5/MUD MEMORY 007
Chris Hamley: guitar, vocals
Michael Honch: bass
Vin Novara: drums
Alarms & Controls was born in Washington, DC in 2010. It's a postpunk
trio that flaunts its prog roots.
Chris Hamley (Antimony, Circus Lupus, and Monorchid) provides his
characteristic jagged guitar. Vin Novara (1.6 Band, Canyon, The
Crownhate Ruin) plays the drums like a mid-1970s Herbie Hancock
session man who just heard DNA for the first time. Through this rages
the Mike Watt-influenced bass guitar of Michael Honch (Powerline,
Hunger Artist).
The result? The Minutemen meets Can. Still, this is no reunion tour –
Hamley’s muscular vocals compliment his wizard-like guitar playing,
looking back on mid-90s DC punk while pointing the way to a mystical
future.
Track List
1. Biostratigraphy
2. Khmer Avatar
3. Kirtland's Warbler
4. Reanimus Cataract