{"id":34704,"date":"2017-01-25T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=34704"},"modified":"2017-01-25T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:31:00","slug":"band-profile-ringo-deathstarr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/band-profiles\/band-profile-ringo-deathstarr\/","title":{"rendered":"Band Profile: Ringo Deathstarr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is Ringo Deathstarr.<\/p>\n

Get it?<\/p>\n

Doesn’t matter, because the band gets it… giggles… looks downward as their amps hum to life, and blast out some gloriously fuzzy, overblown and honey sweet indie rock.<\/p>\n

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Pictured are bassist Alex Gehring, drummer Daniel Coborn, and guitarist Elliot Frazier.<\/p>\n

The blueprints for this formula should feel familiar enough to anyone who can recognize\u00a0the ‘shoegazer’ genre of early-mid 90’s, however, this unit started in Austin, Texas in 2007.<\/p>\n

If you knew who Eric’s Trip (Sub Pop) was… there is no better comparison.<\/p>\n

But that band is under the radar for most, so if you need something to place them in your audio-file cabinet… this would sit nicely between My Bloody Valentine and Smashing Pumpkins before Billy Corgan\u00a0became a self-indulgent wanker.<\/p>\n

Bands like this are not beholden to any rules, so songs\u00a0can blend sounds and effects while playing around with structures. This\u00a0presents each song as a new adventure. Tempos are often dreamy slow, which cascade and collapse against the sheer volume of noise they harness into a sweet melody. It’s a pleasant trick, by no means new, but amazingly fun when done on this level.<\/p>\n

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The band has a few albums, a couple of EPs and some singles floating around, so there is a healthy catalog to sink into if you are just discovering this\u00a0unpolished gem of pretty noise.<\/p>\n

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There is a psychedelic quality that permeates the low-fi aesthetic, both in the audio and in the imagery Ringo Deathstarr presents to the world. Whatever drugs fuel this, they are good drugs. The kind that make you smile. And make you sway back and forth.\u00a0Ears ringing and body floating. Warm fuzzy indie rock dreams.<\/p>\n

Any band that can take this kind of dissonant noise and melt it into a sugary sweet rush is goddamn clever… taste “Rip”.<\/p>\n