With a European tour on the horizon, NYC distorted noise rock / grungy post hardcore act FASHION WEEKย have teamed up with us to give you an exclusive listen of their unreleased b-side trackย “Rich Hallister”, coming from their new collection of rare tracks called ‘So Last Season‘, scheduled for aย March 2nd release on their own InDebth Recordings andย Solar Flare Records! The abrasive punk goodness from touring guitarist for JARBOE, COBALT, SHAI HULUD and VAMPILLIAย demands focus, and rewards it hugely.
This forthcoming release So Last Season includes two unreleased EP’s as well as other material, including a cover of “Only Pain” by UNSANE that actually feature Vinny Signorelli of UNSANE on drums!
The band’s guitarist/vocalist Joshua Lozano commented:
“We initially recorded this track during the sessions for ourย Prรจt-รข-Porterย album (Solar Flare Records, 2015). I showed up to record vocals sick as a dog.ย ย Andrew Schneiderย (who produced the record) was booked out months in advance so we had to get it done. By the end of the day I was totally done and we tracked this one last. At the time I was really unhappy with my voice on this song, but hearing it later I feel like it works. Revisiting it now I feel like it kind of works, like those Coalesce songs where you can just hear that Sean has been screaming all day and it sounds totally fucked up and desperate (awesome).”
NYC trio Fashion Week has announced an album release for this March via their own InDebth Recordings. So Last Season is a full-length collection of rare and unreleased material originating over the past few years. The release includes two EPโs that were recorded prior to 2015โs full-length album Prรชt-ร -Porter (Solar Flare Records) as well as a non-album B-side entitled โRich Hallister.โ Rounding out the release is Fashion Weekโs take on Noise-rock royalties, Helmetโs โI Knowโ and Unsaneโs โOnly Painโ as well as two live tracks. The CD version will also include a remastered version of the bandโs original demo. The band will also be releasing a 7โ vinyl version of the demo (available as a package bundle via Fashion Weekโs Bandcamp page).
Helmed by vocalist/guitarist Joshua Lozano the bandโs songs range from noise-rock, melodic post-hardcore and abrasive pop, all with equal mastery. In addition to Fashion Week Lozanoโs impressive resume includes being a touring member of projects including Jarboe (The Swans), Cobalt (Profound Lore Records), Shai Hulud and Japanese art-metal outfit, Vampillia.
With a rotating rhythm section, Fashion Week has at points included members of Nakatomi Plaza, Swarm Of The Lotus and Sheep Shifter. While the band has featured a number of different members Lozano says โAnyone who has ever been in this band is still a member. The door is always open.โ An example of this is original Bassist Brett Zweiman who relocated to Vietnam several years ago but will be re-joining Fashion Week for their forthcoming European tour.
This open-door policy also led to a notable guest on the bandโs cover version of โOnly Pain.โ Lozano related โwe recorded the song for an Unsane tribute album and had a deadline to get it done. We figured who better to ask to drum on it but our friend, Vinny (Signorelli) of Unsane! His exact response was โsure, I already know the song.โ
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