Prior to Treat Her Right and Morphine,
Mark Sandman, the father of “low rock,” formed Hypnosonics. Often referred to as his “secret band,” Hypnosonics remained a favorite side project until his untimely death in 1999.
On April 6, Modern Harmonic will release two never-before-heard Hypnosonics albums:
Drums Were Beating: Fort Apache 1996 and
Someone Stole My Shoes: Beyond The Q Division Sessions available on CD, LP and digital.
In 1996, the same year that Morphine recorded Like Swimming at the legendary Fort Apache Studios, Hypnosonics taped a live-in-studio radio broadcast on beloved local rock station WFNX. Drums Were Beating contains much of that session. Known for their unpredictable live shows, this collection features the band stretching out a bit, as well as some choice snippets of Sandman s witty stage patter.