Mutiny Mutiny with Post Adolescence and Debutante Year

Mutiny Mutiny

Constellation, the debut album from Seattle band Mutiny Mutiny, brings together angular chaos and gorgeous noise in 11 songs that meld the band’s diverse musical backgrounds with a good dose of homage to the bands that they love. Building on a mutual love of all things dissonant and atonal, the trio crafts noisy art rock that mines sonic territory previously explored by bands like Unwound, Sonic Youth, Jawbox, Slint and Mission of Burma. Since forming in late 2009, they have shared bills around Seattle with bands like Screaming Females, forgetters, Title Tracks and others.

Mutiny Mutiny’s songs are crafted from an assortment of textures, combining delicate, brooding melodies with pleasantly punishing explosions of musical clatter. Guitarist Jason Dean’s angular riffs and bright, feathery passages dance around bassist Jenn Schmidt’s driving melodic rhythms inspired by her
background as a classically-trained cellist. Drummer Marc Mazique completes the mix by shifting between rock-steady beats, jittery rhythmic pulses, and light percussion punctuated with accentual flourishes. Vocal duties ranging from gritty snarls to delicate harmonies are shared by all three members.

Post Adolescence

Drawing from 80s post-punk sounds of the Buzzcocks, Placebo, and Manic Street Preachers, Seattle ’s Post Adolescence and their album “My Nothing” demonstrate a British Post-Punk sound that belongs only to them.

The band is not a catastrophe of stupidity or of freaks of nature, rather it is a testament to dudes who get along, have fun, and want to rock. Singer and guitarist Johnny Straube, modern rock-influenced drummer Brian McCrossen, and pop-influenced bass player Gar Hooker became Post Adolescence in late 2007. The band spent the next couple of years writing songs and playing shows, asking loyalists to wait until it was time to make a record.

Realizing they had a chance to “do something different”, Straube, McCrossen, and Hooker spent late 2009 and early 2010 recording the album “My Nothing” under the influence of Seattle producer Mark Clem. Once the album was complete, they decided to add personnel and take “My Nothing” out to fans eager to hear Post Adolescence.

Looking to capture the sound of “My Nothing”, the band tapped Clem for guitars and keyboards, and former Motorik skills master Adrian Garver, whose love of punk-pop-metal fell perfectly in-line with the catacoustic impression-makers.

With the realization of the long-awaited album “My Nothing” and the expansion to a quintet, Post Adolescence is set for greatness. Straube, McCrossen, Hooker, Clem, and Garver are pleased to meet you, fill you up with Post Adolescence's sound, and make you sing along even if you don’t want to.

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