{"product_id":"xaddax-counterclockwork-new-lp","title":"Xaddax \/ Counterclockwork – New LP","description":"Kinetic No Wave-y 2 piece - Sakes’ jagged guitar parts and howls lurch across the backdrop of Rossettie’s haywire electronics, meandering synth, and frenzied drumming. The result is erratic and wild; a malfunctioning robot \/ injured werewolf hybrid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=458045358\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003eCounterclockwork by Xaddax\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSakes and Rossettie met at Chicago's Fireside Bowl, when Sicbay shared a bill with Rossettie's former band, the head-spinning neo–No Wave outfit My Name Is Rar-Rar. When Sakes (then living in Minneapolis) and the Brooklyn-based Rossettie reconnected online and struck up a long-distance romance. Soon Sakes headed east, and within a few months, the pair had hatched a new musical entity, named Xaddax in honor of their shared love of \"palindromes and pointy letters.\"  \u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eWorking with a mad-scientist electroacoustic drum set-up -- huge toms, no cymbals, various sample-triggering pads and a foot-controlled synth pedal -- Rossettie pounds out lurching math-disco rhythms, haloed in scuzzy sci-fi FX. Sakes responds with perversely anthemic riffs and mantra-like shouts, resulting in a kind of hot-wired hardcore -- like Devo gone nastily dystopic. In a sense, Counterclockwork sounds like nothing Nick Sakes has ever done, but the record's spirit -- venemous aggression combined with bold ingenuity -- fulfills every promise of one of the most fiercely uncompromising discographies in contemporary American music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick Sakes: Vocals, Guitar\u003cbr\u003eChrissy Rossettie: Drums, Electronics \u0026amp; Backing Vocals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded and Engineered by Colin Marston\u003cbr\u003eat Menegroth: The Thousand Caves, Queens, New York\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Weasel Walter\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SKin GRAFT Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54294868951403,"sku":"eam1793405793744","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8037\/3611\/files\/xaddax-counterclockwork-new-lp_1.jpg?v=1793405800","url":"https:\/\/whiskerwashfitp.shop\/products\/xaddax-counterclockwork-new-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}