REIGNING SOUND - Shattered LP industrial – Jay Hinman and Erika

– Jay Hinman and Erika Elizabeth also wrote 82 record reviews devoted to the nether regions of sub-underground rocknroll and elsewhere

“The first pearl bestowed upon us in the form of a side project from Philadelphia’s finest gnarled-out Psych trio BIRDS OF MAYA  was guitarist Mike Polizzes’ Purling Hiss

but the beast has learned these songs note for note

and jerky yet oddly melodic vocals

buried beneath mountains of fuzz and pounded out with Adderall-fueled fury

REIGNING SOUND - Shattered LP industrial – Jay Hinman and ErikaShattered is REIGNING SOUNDs first album for Merge and the first full LP by the group since 2009s Love and Curses. The bands principal songwriter member is GREG CARTWRIGHT, whos been leading the shifting cast of characters since 2001. You may be familiar with some of the bands work, as this album is preceded by five studio efforts as well as numerous EPs and live records. Or perhaps some of Gregs other projects have been on your musical radar: THE