SLOW MOTION CRASH

Description:

Name:

SLOW MOTION CRASH

Screen Name:

SLOW MOTION CRASH

Years Together:

4

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

1 time per week

Available to Gig:

1 time(s) per week

http://www.slowmotioncrash.com
http://www.myspace.com/smctheband

"One of the reasons you look out the window at night when you're way up in the sky is the hope that you'll catch a glimpse of some kind of celestial object that will be unfamiliar, a new molecule in an ocean of old. You know what the aisle looks like: that's not what you want to see. This time, you catch that sensation of discovery. The propeller jams, the wings force a dip. The nose begins to dive. Fuel vapor in your face, your eyes water. You see it as it happens, but it seems stretched. This is slow motion crash." - Richard Bataille

If Slow Motion Crash is any indication, Atlanta is fertile soil indeed. Made from the building blocks of Brian Fisher (vocals, guitar), Ryan Holmes (guitar, vocals), Alec Irvin (drums), Melissa Giorgio (bass), and recently added, Joshua Broughton (keys, vocals), SMC has combined serious song crafting sensibility with a quirky, eccentric indie feel. The band has created a bottom-heavy sound, featuring a precise layering of melodic and discordant guitar riffs punctuated by semi-electronic landscapes and dance-laden drums.

Slow Motion Crash's self-titled record has been released to rave reviews in the cloistered Georgia music scene by publications including Georgia Music Magazine, Performer, and Creative Loafing. With its thought-provoking lyrics that grab and tease and meandering guitars that push and pull, the record has a sexy, claustrophobic sound that's somehow simultaneously kinetic and languid. Combining elating highs and abysmal lows, the band has created a piece that inspires and jars from start to finish.

Slow Motion Crash's live show is as impressive as their studio work. Merging a blood-pumping, energetic performance with such accessible songwriting has garnered the band a wide, multi-demographic following. Drawing as much from the dynamic alternative music audience as from the ultra-hip indie rock scene as from the depths of the goth horde, SMC's pounding, stuttering rhythms have forcefully driven and sweetly persuaded star-eared concert goers from the Southeast to Midwestern US.

Recent Reviews:
"Behind the cover is a rumbling noir-wave notebook of dark mysteries."
-Lee Valentine Smith, Georgia Music Magazine

"Sounds that were at one time considered passe are now new again — and actually refreshing."
-Jon Dawson, Performer Magazine

"Incorporating the anxious atmospherics into a sound that invites comparisons to other bands without slavishly imitating any of them."
-Kevin Forest Moreau, Sunday Paper

"They do put their heart into it, resulting in some ass-shaking jams and dark lyrics that actually sound convincing."
-Mark Sanders, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)

"Back to the shade again, just in time to catch Slow Motion Crash…Another jaw dropping moment."
-David Anjo, (Voodoo Festival Reviewer)

"Stark and powerful...adding their own energy to create a unique and powerful sound."
-Will Mason, Performer Magazine

Influences:

We are influenced mainly by our surroundings, art, literature, and an incredible amount of bands from various genres. Here is a band composite list of some post punk and indie rock bands that we all enjoy:

Band Standards: The Cure, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Brainiac, The Velvet Underground, Shudder to Think, Bauhaus, Wire, Slowdive, Firewater, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blur, New Order, Fugazi, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Smiths, Jawbox, My Bloody Valentine, Girls Against Boys, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, David Bowie, The Cocteau Twins, The Chamelons UK, Boss Hog, Echo and The Bunnymen, Pixies, Janes Addiction, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Massive Attack, Curve.

Modern Bands: The Arcade Fire, Film School, The New Young Pony Club, VHS or Beta, The Knife, Lcd Sound System, Editors, Muse, Enon, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Editors, Silversun Pickups, She Wants Revenge, Muse, The Start, Ladytron, Mogwai, Trail Of The Dead, Moving Units, Mars Volta, Secret Machines, Blonde Redhead, The Faint, Dragons, Death From Above 1979.

Members Of Band:

Brian Fisher- vocals, guitar :
Ryan Holmes- guitar, vocals :
Melissa Giorgio - bass :
Joshua Broughton- keyboard, vocals :
Jason Curtis- drums

Audio/Video Downloads

1. Mirrors & Conflict.mp3