Culture Watch

Posted on by Steve Shanafelt

Clyde Meadows Readies New Release

There’s a slim chance that surprisingly good high-school rockers Clyde Meadows are almost, finally, nearly done with their debut CD. Unmastered recordings from the jazzy pop-rock group have been circulating online for months, and the band recently released a four-track demo (entitled Precum) a few weeks ago. The full-length album, Touché, should be available by midsummer. If it’s at least on level with their demos,  Touché ought to be a very catchy collection. No further details have been released, but if you’re keen to know more, check out their band profile at www.MySpace.com/ClydeMeadows

Maybe This Won’t Be So Bad

Expect to see a release by local throat-screaming anger-rockers And Only Then in the next few months. Their debut album The Witching Hour has been set for release by Heartless Records sometime this summer. (Of course, Heartless Records appears to be And Only Then’s way of avoiding having to say that it’s a self-released album. Still, they get points for effort.) Will the record be any good? Well, that greatly depends on your taste. If you check out their profile at www.MySpace.com/AndOnlyThen and can make it more than 30 seconds into the song “Beneath the Synthesis” without wondering if it’s somehow become the new fashion for bands to no longer rehearse together before they record, it might just be your thing.

The Loneliest Of Breakbeats

And while nothing official has been announced, Midnight Foundation synth master Joel Goffin recently mentioned in an interview with Xpress that there’s a “very good chance” the band will be releasing their debut album sometime in the next few months. The breakbeat-powered club collective (who knew we had one in Asheville?) has released a number of demo recordings since their founding in 2003, but Goffin says they’ve hesitated to release the full-length album until it was as perfect as possible. Midnight Foundation recently began working with vocalist Laura Michaels, so expect a very lush and soulful collection of tracks. Hear samples at www.MySpace.com/TheMidnightFoundation

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  1. Yellowbird

    The Mountain X needs someone who knows about local music to write about it. Especially when it comes to the younger breeds. Obviously, the person who wrote this isn’t involved in the younger scene of Asheville enough to understand where And Only Then (or a slew of other young Asheville metal) obtains their influences, or where they’re coming from for that matter.

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