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Released: 2024 Genre: Math rock, Punk Sounds Like: Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu Homeland: Oregon, USA What makes Molt elite and sit atop OHMs Peak? Molt delivers an impressive blend of classic Math rock infused with elements of noise and punk, reminiscent of bands like Fugazi or Drive Like Jehu. This unconventional punk style is difficult to master and is refreshing to hear. Molt seems to possess the perfect chemistry for a band that is relatively new. The production is spot on. The album does not feel over polished and contains somewhat of a homegrown sound. It must translate perfect in a live atmosphere. Track Listing: Midvillain 3:03 Sucker Spring 4:09 Good Person Test 6:13 Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups 4:06 Self-Harm Is The New Self-Care 4:03 Not Yet Diagnosed, Nervous 4:43 Dive deeper into Molt with our Q&A with Singer/Guitarist Stephen Shodin from Molt. OHMs Peak: Would love for a brief glimpse into your process and time commitment in making the album. Stephen Shodin: On the music side of things, we're a very collaborative bunch. Ideas and sketches of ideas are often pressed together, re-arranged, and tweaked until we feel like we're doing something that resonantes for us. We endeavor to pay service to the song and each other as musicians and people. This can sometimes happen very quickly, but often it takes a lot of time, effort, and patience. OHMs Peak: Your self-titled album is wise beyond its years. Eloquent noise rock that harkens us back to the classic days of Drive Like Jehu or Transition. While this is an EP it is chock-full of diversified hardcore sludge and plays like an all encompassing full-length. ‘Good Person Test’ in particular features your range on the EP and is one of our favorites. Such a warm and heartfelt track. We would love to hear more about the message behind this track and how it came about? Stephen Shodin: Warm and heartfelt are unexpected adjectives for this tune, but I love that. The song's organizing theme is: There is no shortage of toxic people in the world and sometimes the worst ones are the closest to us. Finding the courage to set boundaries and protect our hearts is vital to surviving. Our pasts contribute to who we are, but the story doesn't have to end there. Every day we wake up affords the chance to make different choices.  OHMs Peak: What was your band’s most memorable live performance? Where was it held and why was the night so special. Stephen Shodin: Our very first show was at a loft and it was all-ages. The combination of "first show jitters" and getting positive feedback from a variety of people was pivotal in terms of inspiration, intention, and the potential for not only making more music, but more importantly, fostering community  OHMs Peak: How has the tremendous Portland Oregon music scene impacted your formation? We understand that it’s your new home base and you played your first show together in 2023. Stephen Shodin: It is tremendous and we're grateful to be part of the music scene in Portland. We are all regularly inspired and enriched by the entire art community here. Our hope is to pay it forward and pay it back. OHMs Peak: What band NOT in your genre would you love to tour with that would most compliment your sound? Stephen Shodin: Metric springs to mind. I'd like to think that we have similar energies. OHMs Peak: We would love any insight as to your current and upcoming tour plans?  Stephen Shodin: April 4th we will be in Seattle at the Southgate Roller Rink with High Priors ( highpriors.bandcamp.com ) and No Edits ( noeditsband.bandcamp.com ). April 5th we're having our EP release celebration show at High Water Mark in Portland. We'll be sharing the stage with Inny, Ex Everything and Kowloon Walled City. We'll be taking some time this summer to flesh out new song ideas and are working towards having new music to share with people in the fall .  OHMs Peak: What is your favorite venue of all time? Stephen Shodin: My favorite venue of all time closed permanently in 2016 and I still miss it. Cake Shop in New York City. Andy and Nick Bodor created something very special there. It felt like a clubhouse or a friend’s basement but with a professional sound system. Bands were always given a fair deal and everyone on staff was welcoming, patient, and enthusiastic about interesting music. It was everything I had hoped a small club in Manhattan would be and then some. . OHMs Peak: Molt is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turn table and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to? Stephen Shodin: It would most likely be a Fugazi record. Which one would be a difficult and lengthy debate. Follow Molt: Bandcamp Molt are: Benjamin Caragol - Drums Joseph McClune - Electric Guitar Jonathan Schmitt - Electric Bass Stephen Shodin - Electric guitar & Vocals Grab some Molt Merch Music (vinyl, CDs, digital, shirts, etc.)

Released: 2024 Genre: Heavy psych Sounds Like: The Heads, King Gizzard, Homeland: London, UK What makes Layers of Wax elite and sit atop OHMs Peak? Layers of Wax is a psychedelic masterpiece with 8 tracks of mind-bending intensity. The vocals are remote and have just the right amount of echo, enhancing the sense of psychedelic heaviness. Amidst all the heavy laced fuzz, the track "Layers of Wax" introduces some perfectly timed thrash; it's incredible. And the lead into "Wax All Encompassing" is flawless. Track Listing: Witches Stash 7:18 Deathcap Farmer (Part One) 1:40 Deathcap Farmer (Part Two) 4:08 Deathcap Farmer (Part Three) 6:43 Heavy Token 5:56 Layers Of Wax 4:10 Wax All Encompassing 3:44 Mouth Of Fire 8:10 Dive deeper into Layers of Wax with our Q&A with Singer/Bassist Sam from Longheads. OHMs Peak: Layers of Wax Is a game- changing addition to your library. While we are huge fans of ‘Mars…’ this album takes a wild turn into darker concepts. Take us through the change in landscapes and what makes this album different. Longheads: Think this one has been stewing over the years, all of us have dabbled in playing in heavier bands before & for all of us, metal was our first musical love. Being exposed In a live setting to some of the greats Electric Wizard, Bong Ripper, Conan, Osees, Warthog back in 2022 really got us pumped to dial in more fuzz & overdrive with our tones. OHMs Peak: Would love to understand more by what is meant by 'Deathcap  Farmer’. How did this three-part be meandering brilliance come about? Longheads: ' Death Cap Farmer' was originally just Pt2 for a while in till we took it to the stage where we use to add a structured jam either side of it. After we finalised the Pt2 it really felt like it was missing the intro (pt.1) & outro (pt.3) for the album so we decided to add it in. The full suite was meant to have  OHMs Peak: What non-psychedelic or non-progressive band would you love to tour with? The old opposites attract or extreme contrast attraction. Longheads: I really had to think hard about a band I liked that didn’t have hints of psychedelia involved in some way.  I’d have us open up the night  The Hives supporting Motörhead Main support  Paul Simon to head line Jose Gonzales to serenade us to sleep back at the hotel  OHMs Peak: Your album artwork always pulls us in. Who put together this beautiful piece of gold and purple and how does it tie in to the wax theme? Longheads: I came across Dirk Robertsons work through his comedian sister’s Marjolein Robertson Instagram page. She shared a piece of his work and from there, digged through the rest of his collection and really rated his portfolio. Most of his pieces if not all of them are painted onto a0 canvas so once I found that out I was instantly hooked. I loved the way he managed to get the colours to pop and create such depth with in the compositions. Every element in the album cover is a reference to the songs with in the album. It was an idea of ours and dirks artistic wizardry made it happen. OHMs Peak: ‘Mouth of Fire’ is an absolutely amazing closer. So incredibly thick with doom and darkness.. do you anticipate continuing down this doomy blissful path or is your next release? Will you take another turn to different angles? Is putting out a diversified library of importance to you? Longheads: We’re working on some new material as we speak, I don’t want to give away too much but we’re definitely turning everything up for sure, more energy, tighter rhythms, lots more melody. I think we definitely have more strings to our bow and we really want to be able to show case that with in our musical output. OHMs Peak: How did the name Longheads come to form and what’s the meaning/background?  Longheads: A Longhead is some one who is slow or takes a long time to do anything or make a choice. This was definitely us in the earlier stages of the band so it just seemed fitting to name the band after what we called each other on a daily basis. Our songs are also mostly long haha.  OHMs Peak: Any tour plans to come play  in the US? What is your favorite venue of all time? Longheads: We can’t wait untill we hit the states but unfortunately nothing in the works so far! Our favourite gig to date was our most recent gig at Helgis in London. Everything went back to basics as had no sound engineer & no microphones on any of the backline so it was pure unadulterated backline sound. Had a lot of comments after the gig saying that’s the best they’ve heard  us. OHMs Peak: Longheads  is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turn table and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to? Longheads: Back in Black - AC/DC a regular album in rotation in the tour van. Follow Longheads: Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram Longheads are: Sam Mitchell: bass & vocals Al Bishop: guitar Nick Oakes: drums Benjamin Reeve: guitar Mitchell Corrigan: synths & vocals Grab some Longheads Merch Music (vinyl, CDs, digital, shirts, etc.)

Tool, originating from Los Angeles, started their unique path in 1990. They first appeared with the dark and distinctive EP, Opiate , followed by the brooding heaviness of Undertow . In 1996, with Ænima, Tool began exploring a more progressive style. Their pursuit of combining musical experimentation and visual arts persisted with Lateralus and 10,000 Days . Their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum , released after a thirteen-year hiatus, offers a meditative heaviness that intensifies with each listen. Tool Albums Ranked: Undertow (1993) AE nima (1996) Fear Inoculum (2019) Lateralus (2001) 10,000 Days (2006) Opiate (1992)

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