Seems like you can always expect the heaviest sort of heavy from St. Paul MN’s deranged art punk outfit Condominium. The 3-piece formed in 2007 out of the ashes of the Minneapolis band Formaldehyde Junkies, and it also shared members with the local hardcore bands Question and Pandemonium. After several out-of-print 7″s, and the self-released LP Warm Home, the band is getting set to release the three song EP Carl, via Sub Pop on May 21st. “Carl” is also the B-side, and it gets right to business by laying down a riveting drum beat, loose yet somehow impeccably tight as it bashes around on the skins, before dropping an ultra-dumbed down bass-line that hammers a single rhythmic note, making for quite the foreboding opening. When vocals arrive a full-on atmosphere of the demented is unleashed, augmented by the guitar radiating it’s slowly strangulating tones of terror. I believe, in the old days, they would have called this music pigfuck. Still sounds like an apt descriptor to me! Condominium will head out for a mostly West Coast tour this coming June. Here are the dates:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Le Voyeur, Olympia WA
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Black Lodge, Seattle WA
Friday, June 14, 2013 Rainbow Connection , Vancouver Canada
Saturday, June 15, 2013 The Know, Portland OR
Sunday, June 16, 2013 Punx Haus, Portland OR
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1604 Pole Rd , Davis CA
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1-2-3-4 Go! Records , Oakland CA
Friday, June 21, 2013 1725 E. 7th St., Los Angeles CA
Saturday, June 22, 2013 El Rio, San Francisco CA
Sunday, June 23, 2013 Salt Haus, Salt Lake City n/a
Monday, June 24, 2013 Mouth House, Denver CO
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 West Wing, Omaha NE
