Blood Fortune by AANTHEMS
Ryan and his brother Geof and have been playing music
together since the early 90s.They grew up in a surprisingly
noise tolerant suburb of Vancouver Canada which allowed them an unreasonable amount of time for musical experimentation.
They bought and borrowed enough gear to start bands and play
shows, but after a few years their friends had moved on to
other interests. They started playing as a two piece in 97 and after
learning some pretty good tricks, rebranded to AANTHEMS in 2015.
Now here they are with their first full length and they couldn’t be happier, even though they sound really pissed off on every song. Geof is on drums and shout-sings on 2,3,7 and 9, the rest of the yelling is Ryan. He plays bass through guitar amps because he thinks it sounds cool, so thats the whole big mystery solved for you. Ryan did all the recording and mixing at their practice space and his house.
It can't be overstated how much Ryan and Geof appreciate your time and attention, this record means a lot to both of them,
and they sincerely hope you enjoy it.
Vinyl available NOVEMBER 6 through Early Onset Records
Tracklist
| 1. | Bottom Rung | 2:39 |
| 2. | Fake City | 3:07 |
| 3. | Seen a Ghost | 2:09 |
| 4. | Pure Fire | 2:17 |
| 5. | We Don't Want That | 2:48 |
| 6. | Weight | 3:47 |
| 7. | CRISPR | 2:11 |
| 8. | Man Overboard | 1:59 |
| 9. | Drop in a Coffin | 2:45 |
| 10. | Unsinkable Ships | 2:09 |
| 11. | Red Hands | 5:01 |
Credits
Geof - drums and howling
Ryan - bass and yelling
HUGE THANKS TO
Our wives Lindsay and Morgan for their love and support. Violet, Theoren and Harlo for being pretty cool kids. Mom and Dad for getting behind us literally from day one. Keith(RIP) and Terry for giving us a place to practice when times were tight. Seamus for consistently promoting rad shows during our city's most thankless years. Tim for inspiring us all to show up and build for ourselves the scene we knew was possible. Stu for putting us on all those banger shows at the Cobalt(RIP). Malcolm for giving us a punk rock HQ for so many years at SBC(RIP). Mike, Milton, Josh, Jon and Merek for the thousands of incredible photos, please don't stop. Justin for tirelessly filming and documenting almost every show that happens in this city. Troy for doing a last minute animation for us at the busiest time of the year. Kyle for always impressing us with his screen printing magic. Matt for entertaining our stupid ideas and becoming the best part of our release show at a moments notice. Alice, Matt, Angela and Cae for putting their hands way up when we needed help running this brand new record label.
everything by AANTHEMS except
mastering by Stu McKillop at Railtown
License
All rights reserved.
Geof does his level best to make his drums sound like a locomotive, and Ryan plays bass, completely wrong, while both are howling almost the whole time.
Blood and Guts, Heart and Soul, Rock'n'Roll.
EARLY ONSET RECORDS