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.
Blameless
Blameless were a rock quartet formed in Sheffield, England in 1993/94. The band consisted of singer Jared Daley, guitarist Matt Pirt, bassist Jason Leggatt and drummer Jon Dodd. Although coming from the UK during a British Invasion headed by Oasis, the band have been more-often compared to American bands such as Pearl Jam and R.E.M..
Their inclusion of the song Town Clowns in the Rough Trade Singles Club caught the attention of several labels, and the band finally signed to China Records. They released a single for China, Don t Say You re Sorry , and then went to Fort Apache Studios in Boston, Massachusetts to record their debut album,