‘Wood & Wire’ brings together Oxford’s monolithic Undersmile and their acoustic alter-ego Coma Wall on one release.

Although this is Coma Wall’s debut release, they’ve already gained fans after playing sets at Desertfest 2012 and supporting Dylan Carlson (of Earth) on his first ever solo show. This recording sees the band laid bare – no amps, no fuzz boxes, just acoustic guitars, percussion and a banjo that showcases their own brand of Dark Americana and Doom-Folk in the spirit of the MTV Unplugged sessions.

On the other hand Undersmile, having been endorsed by the likes of Earth’s Dylan Carlson and Henry Rollins of Black Flag, are both engaging and crushing, blending numerous influences from Swans to Babes in Toyland to arrive at a genuinely fresh, cohesive, and brutal sound. Their debut album ‘Narwhal’, released last year by Future Noise Recordings, was met with huge praise from both fans and press alike. For these tracks, the band enlisted the help of Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey, Electric Wizard, Crippled Black Phoenix) to oversee the engineering and his contribution to the recording process helped to further display Undersmile’s diversity and musical growth, as well as their desire to capture a warmer, more ‘live’ sound.

Limited to 500 copies on translucent Purple Vinyl and comes with Lyric Sheet Insert & Digital Download Card.

Tracks

Coma Wall
A1. Summer
A2. You Are My Death
A3. Cutter’s Choice

Undersmile
B1. Soil
B2. Killer Bob
B3. Hives

Credits

• Coma Wall Recorded at: Silver Street Studios
• Coma Wall Engineered by: Umair Chaudhry
• Undersmile Recorded at: Shaken Oak Studios
• Undersmile Engineered by: Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey, Electric Wizard, Crippled Black Phoenix) & Arthur Young
• Mastered by: Billy Anderson
• Artwork by: Craig Bryant – www.behance.net/craigbryant

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You have the option to purchase the LP on it’s on, LP & T-Shirt Bundle or the T-Shirt on its own, payment is via PayPal only & all prices include shipping.

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PLEASE NOTE
12″ & T-Shirt Pre-Orders are being shipped from Tuesday 2nd April 2013.

Digital Downloads

Available at http://shamanrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wood-wire