Sebadoh – ‘Harmacy’ (Sub Pop)

Sebadoh – ‘Harmacy’ (Sub Pop)

‘Harmacy’ (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) finally makes Sebadoh’s seminal 1996 indie-rock album available again, and adds 16 bonus tracks, including alternate versions, rare B-sides, BBC sessions, and live material from the Harmacy era. Indie rock is now theres a genre that has passed me by and is not something I hear too often.

Sebadoh was formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., The Folk Implosion), with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989, and Bob Fay taking Gaffney’s spot in 1994. By 1994, the band had released five albums. Taking the home demo style to the max, Sebadoh were the perfect companion band for the likes of the Lemonheads in as much as they could do the noise thing or the soft thing perfectly well next to one another, and it all made sense.

In 1996, ‘Harmacy’, album number six, arrived; slow burners Sebodoh saw Harmacy become the band’s first charting album in the U.S., and scored a hit single ‘Ocean.’ Critically acclaimed as it was, and deservedly so, the album is expanded in 2026 into a double album bursting at the seams with bonus material. Not to gloss over the fantastic record, but the bonus material is where fans will gravitate to first (I did), including 16 bonus tracks, alternate versions, rare B-sides, BBC sessions, and live material a real treasure trove of goodies from the masterful trio.

Sebadoh were the band that bridged the gap between Lemonheads and Pavement for me, I loved them all in equal amounts with collections that were equally sprawling its great to get one on such a deluxe slab of wax and it would be fine and dandy if this was the start of something and not just a one off. My advice is go pick it up its a classic from a bygone era when music was breaking barriers. Buy it!

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Author: Dom Daley

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BATS share new single ‘Old Hitler’ & reveal new album details

BATS share new single ‘Old Hitler’ & reveal new album details

NEW ALBUM DUE OUT 10TH OCTOBER 2019

Today, Dublin avant-rock 5-piece BATS have announced details of their first new album in 7 years, ‘Alter Nature’, and have shared the first single to be taken from the record, ‘Old Hitler’.

‘ALTER NATURE’ is a full-frontal attack to all of the senses. BATS incredibly idiosyncratic and cacophonous yet entirely rousing experimental noise-rock delves into intelligent and complex territory both lyrically and musically, but BATS understand that it need not exclude it from having a raw, rhythmic energy and a strong sense of melody.

This translates perfectly into their live shows and has seen the band earn plaudits and fans playing alongside the likes of The Locust, These Arms Are Snakes, The Jesus Lizard, Gang Gang Dance, Sebadoh and Chrome Hoof. BATS will also play this year’s ArcTanGent festival with further live dates TBA.

7 years in the making, the band have purposefully set about honing and crafting these tracks with precision and dedication. If you’re lucky enough to have heard BATS before or have even seen them live, then this incredibly strong third effort should be instantly recognisable as a consummate and direct snapshot of the devastatingly efficient unit; let alone as another step towards wherever the band might take themselves. If you’re still yet to hear them, then you could have picked no better space-time.

‘ALTER NATURE’ is due out 10th October – pre-order HERE

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