Two members of this band had just relocated from Atlanta to Chicago once they disbanded their Georgian band Dirt (whos discography has been posted over at Beyond Failure, and should most definitely be picked up), and quickly got to work as Mount Shasta.

In the incestuous Pacific Northwest music scene of the 1990s, C Average were a duo (occasionally a trio when assisted by Joe Preston, or backing Eddie Vedder()) dedicated to the mission of returning rocknroll to nerds.

Let fantasy reign supreme This record is riddled with orcs, warlocks, wizards, and trolls, a veritable treasure trove of Dungeons and Dragons ribaldry.

And the counterpoint to all this geekdom How about some sludgy cum epic metal Mostly instrumental, rife with technical prowess, and owing much to the Blue Cheers and Black Sabbaths of the world, this record avoids the tongue and cheek irony of a band like Fucking Champs.

C Average arent trying to pull one over on you, as much as theyre trying to pull you in.

Join them in their tree fort (no girls allowed.duh) and listen to old ZZ Top, Sonics, Pink Floyd, and hell, why not the Queen Flash Gordon soundtrack If you like Karp, Big Business, Melvins, Rush, obscure 70s heavy prog, and acne, peep this.

DL.

KARP has been remarked (very stupidly in my opinion) as a metal band that even indie rockers can love.

Fuck that. KARP was not metal.

Song after song is an orgy of cochleatic-grinding that continues to pummel you across your skull long after the record ends.

KARP is an ear-raping experience you will never forget, nor never WANT to forget.

You will cherish the moment you had with the band.reminisce fondly on Scott Jernigan (drums) breathing heavily over you as Jared Warren (bass, vox) holds you down by the midsection and Chris Smith (gits, vox) penetrates balls deep into your cerebral cortex.

KARP is really good Heavily influenced by the Melvins Its like a grungy Big Business or somethin KARP - Self Titled.

Too bad really, because this was a cool record, I probably should have kept up with this band a little closer.

Scott Richter who was a linchpin in the fertile Louisville hardcorepunk scene of the early nineties, and wanted to do a band that emulated the math rock lineage of his hometown (Rodan, Crain, etc.), and marry it with the still not maligned emo hardcore of the other side of Louisville.mainly Endpoint.

For their first record, Richter wrote demos and mailed them out to drummer Mario Rubalcaba, and bassist Patrick McClimans.

They had the album for sale before it was even recorded, and booked their first tour before they had ever been in a room before.

But that was the diy spirit back then.fuck it, itll work out somehow.

And oddly enough, this is a very cohesive album, you would never have guessed the circumstances under which it was recorded (had I not just told I suppose).

Heres a list of bands that are represented by the members of Metroschifter; Rachels, Sunspring, 411, Thingy, Black Heart Procession, Hot Snakes, Rocket From The Crypt, Clikatat Ikatowi, Earthless, Endpoint, and Falling Forward.

Later incarnations of the band had members of; Coliseum, National Acrobat, Black Cross, and Shipping News.

Point is, theres some real talent in this band, and in the songwriting.

Sonically, its late 80s math rock as filtered through early 90s hardcore.

One unfortunate sidebar, for some reason they decided to break the 15 tracks up into 99 parts, which still plays seamlessly, it just just seems kinda retarded.

Hey man, diy. Also, this is the Conversion Records re-release with a couple extra tracks not on the vinyl pressing.

Because if you were alive and operating within the confines of heavy music in the early 1990s, almost everything Skin Graft Records was putting out got snatched up.

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