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WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE
EARTH 'PEACED' LTD 12"/EP (CAT# UHURA2)
IN STOCK NOW. SHIPPING END OF THIS WEEK
artist
: WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH
title : Peaced
label : Black Labs
format : Vinyl 12"/EP (100 Copies
Only)
catalog # UHURA2
release date: August 2010
After
much debating and squabling, the
second release on Riot Season sister label Black
Labs is in the bag. It's a 5 song 'album' (well
mini album, extended EP, call it what you will)
by Texans WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH.
The
record, titled 'Peaced'
has been pressed up by the band themselves to
sell on their US tour dates this summer, but
we've snagged 100 to release over this side of
the pond ourselves on Black Labs and we'll have
em during July. Check the myspace site for a
sample track from the 12"
There
is already a release page uploaded for it (here)
and i'm taking orders now. I will only have 100 copies
of this release in total.
In the
bands own words ...
"This
album was recorded in our practice space in the
month of April 2010. We were very drunk,
and very stoned. We've recorded quite a
bit of stuff before, but this recording actually
captures realistically what we do and how we do
it. Cheap, loud, and drunk"
Reviews
:
"Well, I can certainly believe that after
having listened to Peaced, the new five song
12” from Austin, TX’s When Dinosaurs Ruled
the Earth. Some may remember seeing their last
album Not Noiice on these very pages a couple or
so years ago. At the time I believe there were
upwards of around seven people in the band,
however they’ve since brought it down to five.
I’m not quite sure having any more members
would have changed much about this record
anyway, as it’s basically a high volume treble
heavy blast of noise from start to finish. If
this is in fact the way they do things, then I
am kicking myself for not finding a way to see
them when they rolled through Kansas City a
couple months ago. On record, over the last
couple at least, they really don’t sound much
like they do here on Peaced. In fact, this seems
to be heading more so in the direction of
Expensive Shit, a side project that contains
three members from When Dinosaurs Ruled the
Earth in which they are pretty much free to
indulge in as much noise improv as they please.
Peaced probably blurs the lines here a bit more
however, still employing traditional riffs
underneath a very heavy coating of fuzz, reverb,
and maniacal shouting. All five tracks seem to
take the same three components and shape them
into a noticeably different style however, which
for five dudes that had probably completely lost
track of time and their whereabouts is fairly
impressive in a way. If you’re looking for
more Texas noise/scuzz, then Peaced is
definitely a good place to look."
BUILT ON A WEAK SPOT
"oof. peaced is not a cure for the
synapsefucker of a headache i have today (like
the kind got jeff tweedy hooked on painkillers,
like the kind got max cohen drilling brains out
in pi). sounds like the result of a three a.m.
jagermeister binge, armed to the green teeth
with a young lady of questionable sexual
hygiene, a rusted geetar, damaged tape recorder
and some goofy/bad vibes. y’know when yr lips
go numb and yr tongue swells and you can’t
quite tell why yr knuckles are bleeding or whose
blood it is and someone called evil dick keeps
phoning and you know if you answer it all manner
of things are gonna be explained that you
don’t want explained. pretty much that kinda
ambiance. it’s a throat-torn incantation, a
plea to the swirling swollen heavens for some
hiss-filled day-glo fog to smother us all. not
so much played as disgorged, not so much
recorded as acid scorched, not so much listened
to as shouted at, wildly with spittledrenched
foamflecked glee. like if someone smashed john
dwyer’s noodlesack open on a table corner and
recorded the ooze spilling out. like if flipper
moved to texas and gangbanged don walsh. first
thing you’ll notice, this is not roxy music.
first thing you’ll notice, this is not
well-heeled and girlish. rattling through five
songs, each one stupider and uglier than the
last, each one stupider and uglier than josef
fritzl. they might well rehearse in some
incestuous hell-cellar for all i know. remove
the puns and it lacks any semblance of
intelligence. i dropped iq points on first spin.
starting with the first fingered discordia of
fuzz, this is nothing more or less than a
lolloping mess, a bellowed into and out of
broken things mulch of religiously absurd
babble, a gibberish paraphilia of nonsense car
crash no-wave psych(e) guff. would i tell you to
buy this? sure. if you have a spare seventeen
minutes and enjoy a spot of ear-rape."
COWS ARE JUST FOOD
"When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth first made
noise in the Austin scene thanks to a
pulverizing sound attained with no fewer than
seven players. Those who recall the gargantuan
noise the Dinos made with two guitarists, two
drummers, two singers, and a bass player are
likely wondering if they’re still capable of
the same kind of ferocious mess now that
they’ve slimmed down to a more manageable
five-piece. On its new EP, Peaced, the
noisemongering quintet sounds like it knows it
has something to prove right out of the
gate—the pummeling opener “You’ve Got
Male” dispels any doubt that its lither lineup
is still able to make a harrowing noise. The
follow-up, “Selected for Jerry Duty,”
however, is a whole different beast: Entirely
removed from what has gone before, it sounds
like the work of a competent doom-rock band.
This may sound like an insult, but it isn’t
intended as one—it may be important for WDRTE
to establish that it can still deliver the
goods, but it's become a different band, so
it’s equally important that its members show
they can adjust their sound to take advantage of
who they are now. With the exception of the
somewhat generic-sounding “Conjurin’,” the
rest of the EP is just as worthwhile: “Cum
Lake” is like the work of a less-spastic
Lightning Bolt, and the closer, “Closet
Athlete,” evokes the repetitively noisy early
days of Flipper—an overdrive-friendly creature
with a more tragic history of expanding and
retracting lineups—in the best possible
way."
THE ONION / AUSTIN UNDERCOVER
"Since 2008's Not Noiice, local animal
collective WDRTE – now scaled back to a
fivepiece – seems to have taken a free-form
turn toward noise, à la Houston skuzz
forefathers Rusted Shut. Most of Peaced, the
group's third LP, features long stretches of
staticky guitar, reverbed vocals, and a
concussive rhythm section, echoing what's been
coming out of labels such as Load and Parts
Unknown. Even with fewer members, the sonic
assault is unrelenting from start to stop, as
"Selected for Jerry Duty,"
"Closet Athlete," and "You've Got
Male" crack mirrors and eardrums around a
loose, atonal structure. Not exactly evolution,
but when you're so comfortable walking left of
center, it's easier to keep going in that
direction, to wander into the forest rather than
come back to something that holds. Here, they've
created their own hybrid moment."
AUSTIN CHRONICLE
You
can view a recent online interview with the
Dino's here
You
can check out one of the album tracks right now
at both the Riot Season (here)
and Black Labs (here)
myspace pages
PLEASE
NOTE : THE GIG AT THE LUMINAIRE, LONDON ON 29TH JULY NO
LONGER FEATURES TODD
The line
-up now is Part Chimp, Sloath, Gum Takes Tooth. Which is
still more than good enough obviously!
Venue
website here
NEW
RIOT SHIRTS UP FOR GRABS
 
It's
that time of year again, t-shirt weather and time for a
new run of Riot label tees. We're going to use the new
one tank logo this time (the one on the index page of
this very website) and we're making it available in two
styles.
1. A
traditional black t-shirt, which a LOT of you asked for
last time. Here it is!
2. A
rather dapper looking baseball tee, white body, black
(short) sleeves. Sweet!
They're
going to print in the next week and i'm taking
pre-orders now. So in order to guarantee you get the
size you want (if you want one at all that is) then
please pre-order. That way I can make sure I get enough
of each size in stock without having to second guess or
go bankrupt by stocking too many :-)
PRE-ORDER
YOURS NOW
ATTENTION
HEY COLOSSUS FANS ...
I've
just added two items to the 'OTHER
SHOP' that may be of interest to you.
The
first is the CD version (very limited) of HEY
COLOSSUS' recent 'Dominant Male' album which some of
you bought on cassette from me a while back no doubt .
The other CD is from Paul Colossus' other band MEN OF
UNITUS. It came out last year on his No Lite label
and was in my end of year top 10 without doubt. I've now
got some off him to sell myself so feel free to expand
your ears with a blast of it.
You can
get an idea of what to expect via their myspace site :
www.myspace.com/menofunitus
Two
absolutely great albums!
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