The Bunnybrains release career spanning box set.
(PRWEB) September 9, 2004
Sticky sheets. Dangerous sex. A dirty breeze that smells of acid and hate. Curdled lunacy. Inhuman yelps. Idiot savant drumplay. Pot brownie bass lines made of dirt weed and sweat. Bleeding walls of guitars that are equal parts junk, gunk, and misfired spuzz. YouÂve heard it all before, right? Or have you?
Plenty of people have heard of ConnecticutÂs Bunny Brains – their deviance precedes them – but how many have heard the bandÂs long-out-of-print 90Âs output in all its scuzzy glory? To be sure, the BBÂs are still a going concern thanks to sole original misfit/co-founder/ guitarist/ singer Daniel Saxton Bunny and his tireless trolling of homeless shelters and rehab clinics for future band members.
And their live shows still frighten, confuse, and entertain magnificently. But the 90Âs incarnations of the band were different animals. Uglier, meaner, and decidely more unhinged. A bad trip a la B***hole Surferss – including that bandÂs warped sense of humor – or Bunny Brains compatriots of the day, Harry P***y. How many people have heard the legendary CD 93? One of the great lost psych/noise/punk records of the decade. Or the equally as strong and demented Blackjack full-length, Bunny Majik? Or the bewildering trainwreck of styles that is Beach Bunny Bingo, a 10 inch that came out on the influential Now Sound label? Or better yet, have you heard the near-incomprehensible art-punk weirdness that the band hypnotized Matador Records into releasing on a dare? I didnÂt think so.
And now, someone else has lost their mind long enough to re-release, for the first time, all of the above muck and mire from those endless halcyon days of room-clearing gigs in basements, VFW halls, and hostile sports bars in one sexy limited-edition box-set. Along with a dvd of archival live footage culled from the bunny hutch, the rare latter-day band-released cd, Show Me The Bunny, and enough bonus tracks of unreleased slop & roll to make even the most dedicated freak-rock fan howl in pain and delight. Before the band was befuddling the Devendra Banheart and Mindflayer fans of today with their assaults of noise and drugged-out humor they were horrifying Sebadoh and Dwarves fans with more of the same and then some. They have inspired legions of marginally-employed layabouts with their tales of ill-health coupled with a jaw-dropping love for volume. This box will provide a one-way ticket to dementia and prove definitively that hardcore art and poetry from Danbury, Connecticut does not begin and end with Charles Ives and Youth Of Today.
The Bunnybrains of Hudson NY,are releasing a career spanning box set of their entire vinyl output,slated for the second week of October. Known for their avant performance sensibilities and bludgeoning live sound, The Bunnybrains have hooked up with New York City label Narnack Records (http://www.narnackrecords.com/) to issue this overview of all of their obscure LPs.The set will retail for a ridiculously cheap $ 16 and will include a lengthy DVD of their wired and weird live performances. They also will be playing some select live shows in the East Coast, including a stop at the CMJ fest in October and an eye towards the unconquered West Coast come spring. Their new website http://www.thebunnybrains.com/ is updated often and includes samples from the box set.
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