‘The Strange Things That Happen to People’ by Eldridge Rodriguez | New Album, ‘Atrophy’
Exclusive track premiere of ‘The Strange Things That Happen to People’ by Eldridge Rodriguez, taken from the upcoming album, ‘Atrophy,’ out September 15th via Midriff Records.
In late February 2020 Midriff Records put out the 8th release by Eldridge Rodriguez titled ‘Slightest of Treason,’ an album inspired in part by the shift toward conservative dogma in US politics. The band planned supporting the release with live shows starting with their record release party at Great Scott in Boston in mid/late March. By mid March the live music scene was dead, most media outlets were stymied, clubs were shuttered, radio was figuring out how to broadcast remotely and ‘Slightest of Treason’ was lost in the chaos and shuffle created by the initial months of the pandemic. With an abundance of time on their hands the band went back into Bluetone Studios (owned and operated by David Grabowski) and started to safely work on the ‘Slightest of Treason’ follow up. The product was 25 plus new tracks, many of which wound up on ‘Atrophy’.
‘Atrophy’ is the fifth full length release from the band Eldridge Rodriguez. The album demonstrates the bands wide range, veering away from the electro-rock and poli-power pop of their last two releases, ‘The Castrati Menace’ and ‘Slightest of Treason,’ in favor of a slacker indie feel while still incorporating the noise pop that the band has leaned on for over a decade.
Like previous releases, ‘Atrophy’ was recorded at Bluetone Studios in Somerville Ma which is owned and operated by David Grabowski and released on Clayton and Cameron Keiber’s Midriff Records label. The track ‘Scars in the Vein’ features vocals from indie rock legend Thalia Zedek (Come, Live Skull, Uzi).
‘Atrophy’ will initially be released digitally and on CD and include 12 songs, with a deluxe LP coming soon.
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