In 2009, the brothers Van, Jennings, and Lain Carney, a.k.a. Pontiak, took a trip out to Texas’s Big Bend, a national park located in the Southwest corner of the state. After taking in the park’s massive landscapes and varied geology, they were left with memories to last… a lifetime. Or at least long enough to inspire the writing of new EP Comecrudos, out in June through Thrill Jockey.
The conception of this new EP came about in late summer 2010, when the Carney brothers came together in Northeastern Tennessee for a band meeting. They discussed their memorable trip, had a few brews (maybe?), watched The Big Lebowski twice (probably not, but again, maybe?), and came to the decision that they wanted to soundtrack the trip from Marathon, Texas to Big Bend via Route 385 South. With this settled, they hit their Virginia studio and the new EP was born. Somewhere along the line they decided that distortion and overdrive pedals were stupid and lame and that they weren’t going to use them — at least not this time around.
At the moment, Pontiak are in the studio recording their next full-length, tentatively set for an early 2012 release. That one’s for you, Pontiak fans who hate EPs or Big Bend or music designed to soundtrack car trips on Route 385. They are also currently planning on touring North America and Europe during the fall. For now, just a couple dates in the South at the end of the month.
Comecrudos tracklisting:
01. Part I
02. Part II
03. Part III
04. Part IV
Dates:
04.27.11 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
04.28.11 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia
04.29.11 - Houston, TX - TBA
04.30.11 - Austin, TX - Austin Psych Festival
• Pontiak: http://www.pontiak.net
• Thrill Jockey: http://www.thrilljockey.com