Break Out Your Indicator

1. That's Not A Spot

2. Bears (What's Up With That TB..)

3. Let's Be A Skate Team

4. Presidential Hair

5. Labs For Seals

6. Divine Or Not, A Seizure's A...

7. The Shape Of The Head

8. I Saved Latin

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Out of the ashes of Sleepytime Trio, Roadside Monument, and Pedro the Lion come Supine to Sit. After a year of writing and rehearsing, the band booked time at Seattle's Paradox studios and started working on what has become "Break Out Your Indicator," a musically challenging yet melodically accessible collection of songs.

With around a decade of relentless touring life on the road from previous musical projects coupled with years of involvement in punk and indie scenes, Supine To Sit brings an eclectic mix of pop sensibility, linear time signature progressions, and beautiful patterned guitar interplay. Vocalist Drew Ringo's lyrics touch on themes from melancholic personal life accounts ("Presidential Hair") to truth-is-stranger-than-fiction stories stolen from newspaper headlines ("That's Not A Spot").

Line-up changes occurred during the recording of "Break Out Your Indicator, affording the band extra time to hone in on the particulars of the songs. Drew Ringo's angularly hammered Baritone-styled guitar playing adds extra low end to Luke Abrams' complementary guitar patterns. Drummer Matt Johnson's subtle intricacies slither in and out of Josh Gadtke's resonant, anchoring bass lines. The finishing touches of Ringo's boyishly warbled vocals add an irresistibly warm personality to sometimes sober and pensive themes.

The welcomed and surprising result is cerebral pop rooted in a mélange of varied influences absorbed from varied, studious and fan-ish listening habits ranging from the sugary sweetness of sixties pop to the immediacy of hardcore, from textured UK-inflected drones to the innovative fusions of post-rock.

The ability to create a listening experience cerebral yet tuneful is a rare feat indeed and Supine to Sit has thankfully bridged the difficult gap. Fans demanding that their music choices require engagement and attention and those simply happy to sing along while on drives around town should both be pleasantly surprised.

Product Description
Out of the ashes of Sleepytime Trio, Roadside Monument, and Pedro the Lion come Supine to Sit. After a year of writing and rehearsing, the band booked time at Seattle's Paradox studios and started working on what has become " Break Out Your Indicator," a musically complex yet melodically accessible collection of songs.

Line-up changes occurred during the recording of "Break Out Your Indicator," affording the band extra time to hone in on the particulars of the songs. Drew Ringo's angularly hammered Baritone-styled guitar playing adds extra low end to Luke Abrams' complementary guitar patterns. Drummer Matt Johnson's subtle intricacies slither in and out of Josh Gadtke's resonant, anchoring bass lines. The finishing touches of Ringo's boyishly warbled vocals add an irresistibly warm personality to sometimes sober and pensive themes.

The welcomed and surprising result is cerebral pop rooted in a mélange of varied influences absorbed from varied, studious, and fan-ish listening habits ranging from the sugary sweetness of sixties pop to the immediacy of hardcore, from textured UK-inflected drones to the innovative fusions of post-rock.

Supine to Sit has played shows with Denali, Pedro the Lion, The Rapture, Minus the Bear, Damien Jurado, and others. They will be playing shows throughout the U.S. to support the record.

Tracks:

That's Not A Spot
Bears (What's Up With That TB..)
Let's Be A Skate Team
Presidential Hair
Labs For Seals
Divine Or Not, A Seizure's A...
The Shape Of The Head
I Saved Latin

Album Description

Out of the ashes of Sleepytime Trio, Roadside Monument, and Pedro the Lion come Supine to Sit. After a year of writing and rehearsing, the band booked time at Seattle's Paradox studios and started working on what has become " Break Out Your Indicator," a musically complex yet melodically accessible collection of songs.

Supine to Sit has played shows with Denali, Pedro the Lion, The Rapture, Minus the Bear, Damien Jurado, and others. They will be playing shows throughout the U.S. to support the record.

Customer Reviews:

alleged "Math" alleged "Rock".......2004-11-20

kinky time signatures. we know 'em, we love 'em, we may've even charted out a genealogy running from 70's guitar solos by Zappa, by Fripp...with a detour thoo *gasp* 2112 by the Canuck power trio with the Ayn Rand fetishes...into the mid.80's and Throwing Muses' debut of all things to so.called "Math Rock" proper, a road running softly through Louisville (Slint), loudly through Richmond (Breadwinner) and, um, Elsewhere (Don Cab). reached Critical Mass sometime in the mid.90's in the City of Chicago. Supine to Sit, hailing from the thereabouts of the Pacific Northwest, have a genealogy of their own and, if there was no particular reason to expect great things, we expected something at least Engaging. what we're left with, however, is a perfectly unsatisfying meal of canned "passion" (in the vocals an' lyrics department) and the becoming-rote gestures that result from technically-gifted musicians entering the studio without a strong idea, without a strong Vision. in short, these guys can do better (and given the background of the individuals involved, perhaps *much* better). i remain hopeful.

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