High Mayhem - April 21 - The Proxemics and City Center (NYC)

[High Mayhem Newsletter]

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High Mayhem Emerging Arts
2811 Siler Lane
Santa Fe, NM  87505

www.highmayhem.org

*Wednesday, April 21, 9pm*
*The Proxemics and City Center (NYC)
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Suggested $10 donation at the door*

*City Center (NYC)*
“Even when City Center may appear impenetrable, it’s still welcoming. C’mon
in, the water’s great.”
– Pitchfork (Review of City Center August 5, 2009)

10 years after the band’s inception, Saturday Looks Good to Me (Polyvinyl, K
Records) had tallied themselves a fully impressive resume: 6 full-length
albums, a handful of EPs and 7”s, hundreds of shows all over the globe and a
dedicated legion of supporters telling their own stories about what happened
the particular night Fred Thomas and his cohorts passed through town. In
2009, however, it was understandably time for something new. Thomas had left
his native Michigan and was now living in New York City. He no longer had
luxury of larger dwellings or soundproofed practice spaces. Instead, he had
to adjust to the acceptable noise levels of apartment life…and thus City
Center came to be.

Shortly after City Center’s beginning stages, Fred recruited former SLGTM
bandmate Ryan Howard to collaborate on subsequent recordings and help bring
City Center to a live setting. The two wasted no time last year, having now
already amassed 10 out-of-print releases on vinyl, cassette, and CDR. Late
in the year they released their first proper full length on Type records and
headed out on the road to enthusiastic audiences.

Now, Quite Scientific Records is proud to announce the release Spring St.
Four brand new songs from City Center that feature lush soundscapes and
subdued washes of rhythm. The short-player runs just over twenty minutes
long and will be released both digitally and on stunning limited-run hand
screened clear vinyl (viewable here:
http://store.quitescientific.com/qsr015image.html). Only 500 copies of the
vinyl will be sold, and it will be exclusively available at live shows,
independent retailers, Insound, Other Music, and the Quite Scientific
Records webstore.

Just in time for the release, City Center will also be hitting the road on a
full spring tour kicking off in Pennsylvania on March 19th, touching two
oceans, funneling itself through the desert and finally ending in Detroit on
April 30th. Where possible the band will be playing all-ages shows at
art-spaces and DIY venues in the hopes of recreating the fan-experience so
many were able to be a part of with Saturday Looks Good to Me. If you have
the opportunity, we strongly encourage you to experience the band in-person.
*The Proxemics (Santa Fe)*
The Proxemics is a Santa Fe based rock band founded in 2009 by Alex Neville
(The brilliant Dullards, Antoine Pasquier) Currently working as a quartet,
the members include:
Yozo Suzuki on guitar; Roland Ostheim on bass, guitar and trombone;Michael
Smith on drumset and saw; and Alex Neville on guitar, mandolin, bass,
samples and voice. The members of The Proxemics are all long-time members of
High Mayhem Emerging Arts Collective, also based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Proxemics blend their asymmetrical song forms with sonic threads and
noise, often weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme.



For more information on these events and upcoming events, please visit
www.highmayhem.org

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Alex Neville, The Proxemics

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City Center
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