IMSC Ep 54 - Song 4: "Bloodwine" by The Post Mortems

"Bass with too many effects pedals, vocals filling the role of guitar, drums that DO NOT STOP...

"You're reading this because we interest you. Please, allow the mystery to enrich your experience of the music, and create your own backstory for the band here:"
- from their Facebook page

"Discovering his music on Pandora, Devin Alexander questions how the Internet radio station, which groups music by genre and similar sounds, paired his group's album with the music of Finish Ticket, Yellowire and Dane Rumble.

'The Post Mortems' genre-defying sound intentionally paints itself into a corner, distinguished from the local music scene and hacking out its own niche with a blunted battleaxe.

"'The mystery of what we sound like is even more so than a band with four people in it ... because people have to triangulate with something else in their head more than a band that has more obvious influences,' Alexander said in a sit-down interview.

'Drummer Al Raymond and Alexander, the bassist/vocalist, will happily share the names of their influences, but they strongly discourage anyone from expecting their music to sound anything remotely like them. An array of effects are sprinkled through The Post Mortems' sound, rounding out the sludge-jazz and pop-rock songs...

"The Post Mortems, which had its genesis as a three-piece band, evolved after the guitarist left several years ago.

"Now the duo sludges through grungy distortions and power-progressive thrash to deliver fuzzy bass-and-drum goth melodies.
- from the article, "Post Mortems release 'Cracked and Crooked' album", by Tripp J Crouse in The Quad City Times

Lineup:
Al Raymond - drums and locks
Devin Alexander - bass and vox

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ThePostMortems/

BandCamp:
https://thepostmortems.bandcamp.com/

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https://www.reverbnation.com/thepostmortems

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Labels: 2010s, 2014, Al Raymond, alternative music, alternative rock, Bloodwine (song), Devin Alexander, Ep 054, goth (genre), Halloween, Halloween 2017, Halloween music, Iowa City, Iowa City area, Post Mortems (band)