VIA WEIGHTLESSNESS

Of innumerable bands that traffic in dissonance, the music of Pittsburgh, Pa's MICROWAVES shears clean and hot as an oxy-lance through the defenses of even the most cynical noise rock aficionado. The trio plies a no-wave/progthrash scree that evokes the doings of today's renegade wetware punks who shove glass-sheathed rFID chips and rare-earth magnets into fresh incisions - dimensions away from the bluesy shot-and-beer heartland rock of their local bar scene. bursting forth with 2001's Professional Systems Overload eP and the following year's System 2 (both featuring original bassist/vocalist Steve Moore, now of ZOMbI) John roman (drums, formerly of the 1985, and current member of NIGhT VaPOr and brown angel) and David kuzy (guitar, vocals) cycled through bass players for several years (including a stint as a synth/sampler-augmented duo) before joining with Johnny arlett for their longest-running lineup to date. Over the years, MICROWAVES continued to pick up the loose ends left by VOIVOD, MX-80, SNakeFINGer, and some of their own Pittsburgh-area math-rock contemporaries, twisting them into a Gordian knot that at once rages and confounds.?Their latest albumVia Weightlessness tones down their previous effectsheavy approach, charging lean and unabated toward their dystopian vision. kuzy's guitar chimes through the mix with spindly atonal runs more akin to data streams spat from an outdated mainframe, alternately careening into chugging, crossover-thrash riffs. The ?roman/arlett rhythm section is much more than the sum of its parts: beefheartian clamor served up with cyborg precision underpins overdriven bass, rumbling forth frenziedly as a DMTdosed rhino. kuzy, the paranoid town crier, and arlett, the unhinged shrieker, deliver a twin-vocal assault covering most topics previously found in your local video rental shop's cult/sci-fi section.?SELLING POINT *?Digital download included *?limited to 300 copies on vinyl?FOR FANS OF The lOCuST arab ON raDar?TARGET MARKETS Pittsburgh, Pa (hometown) Philadelphia New York City los angeles boston San Francisco Chicago?TRACK LIST 1. Via Weightlessness 2. Flip the Switch 3. My Credentials 4. ex-Moonwalker 5. To activate 6. Vexations 7. annex Omneity 8. love Catheter 9. refrigerator heaven 10. Gravitational Duel 11. Fright Gallery 12. antibody