PAIMON by Triage

This is our debut studio LP. A snapshot of the last year of our lives in music, we started in December of 2018 as a thunderous five piece, August and Aiden on guitar, Ian Anderson on bass, and Neto and Shel on drums. We initially ran a total of 9 amps and we were so loud that it became vastly too tremendous (I had to hook up 4 PAs to have audible vocals). We inevitably downsized in preference for clearer audio and therefore had better performance. It was in February that Ian left the band for college and work so Ernie took hold of the role of bassist in his spot and from there on we became a well oiled machine.

During our time writing this album we practiced quite often and quite gut-wrenchingly. To call this album an act of self immolation is somewhat accurate, it was not easy to make and proved to be extremely physically demanding. Some shows I would end up injured, on the verge of passing out, or just completely drenched in liquids. It wasn't pretty but it was cathartic and powerful, I felt like I was someone new every time and it was intense.

We recorded this at UNKNOWN in Anacortes, WA from July 1st to July 5th with our friend Nicholas Wilbur and it was there that these songs became more than just long-winded noisy rock songs. They became almost orchestral in a sense. A lot of the longer tracks have around 30 to 40 tracks of instruments, vocals, etc. Nich did a fantastic job with this work, we are very very happy with how this came out. We also hope that you will be very very happy with this as well. Thank you all for your support.

-August Eliason
Clear Lake
October 2019

Tracklist

1.	Following	19:38

2.	This Body Is Our Cave	14:44

3.	The Man From Another Place	11:59

4.	Misanthrope	20:53

5.	Second Bodies	11:21

6.	The Wire	27:47

Credits

released October 11, 2019

TRIAGE is:
Neto Alvarado-Bass (tracks 1,2,5&6), Guitar (tracks 3&4), Vocals (tracks 3&4), Vibraphone (track 3), Percusion all-sorts (tracks 4 &6)
Aiden Blau-Guitar (tracks 1,2,5&6), Bass (tracks 3&4), Spoken Word (track 2), Back Vocals (track 4)
Shel Blau-Drums
August Eliason-Guitar, Vocals (tracks 1,5,&6), Piano (tracks 1,5&6), Vibraphone (tracks 1,2,5&6), Organ (tracks 1,3,&6),Timpani (track 1), Tubular Bells (track 6), Back Vocals (track 4), Percussion all-sorts (track 4&6)

COLLABORATORS:
Nicholas Wilbur-Studio Engineer, Production
Adia Bowen-Vocals (tracks 3&5)
Eric Garcia-Trombone (track 4)
Erik Hanger-Soprano Saxophone (track 4)
Susanne Kuykendall-Alp Horn (track 6)
Cathy-Studio Dog (helpful ears)

Recorded at UNKNOWN in Anacortes, WA from July 1st to July 5th, 2019 and was mastered September 18th and 19th by Nicholas Wilbur.

We would like to give a very special thanks to Eddy Blau, Desi Valdez, Riley Reasor, Troy Mesman, Ian Anderson, Hunter Listiak, Jacob Sanderson, Lincoln Douglas, Hunter Moore, Alexzander Bertrand, Bearett Hicks and all the others who helped us with shows, recording, gear hauling, etc.

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