Exercises in Futility, by Where My Bones Rest Easy

Exercises in Futility

by Where My Bones Rest Easy

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1.	Habit Forming 03:53	buy track
2.	Stutter Step 03:30
3.	Forgotten Skin 04:47	buy track
4.	Snuffbox 04:24
5.	Slowfade 03:36	buy track

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Floating in the murky air between tragic and transcendent, Seattle, Washington’s Where My Bones Rest Easy move along hallowed ground, paths worn into dirt by the emotive sojourns of bands like Thursday and The Smashing Pumpkins, all while crafting modern day love letters to shoegaze heroes of the past.

Held within melodically abrasive confines, Exercises In Futility matches sadness with buzzing guitars, quiet introspection with bombastic ecstasy. Starting quietly, the plaintive, amelodic opening of footsteps and tuning gives way to 5 tracks of chilling, emotional, and compelling indie rock that touches on shoegaze and post-hardcore, as much Pity Sex as Bright Eyes. Dual, not dueling, male/female vocals weave through each track, tying them together, even as massive, fuzzy guitars threaten to drown them out.

Taking what could all too easily end up a paint-by-numbers approach to an increasingly in vogue sound and finding new places to explore, Where My Bones Rest Easy find themselves under brightening spotlights. Having shared the stage with Self Defense Family, Single Mothers, and Lee Corey Oswald, all eyes are turning toward the trio of friends “playing really sad music.”

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released June 23, 2015

Engineered by Jackson Long at Soundhouse Studio in Seattle, WA
Mixed by Jackson Long at Hear Me Shimmer Studio in Seattle, WA
Artwork by Andrew Gomez IV
All music written by Where My Bones Rest Easy

on this recording:

Andrew Gomez IV - Percussion, Programming
Anthony Manella - Vocals, Guitar
Jon Schmitt - Guitar
Krystle Rangel - Bass

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