BLASST 91: THE OBJECTS - TRACKLIST + NOTES

BLASST 91 TRACKLIST
1. Pinocchio - “MY TIME VOL. I”
2. El Ultimo Sueño - “El Silencio De Los Cisnes”
3. The Objects - “Taboo”
4. Wurve - “Blowout”
5. Musta Paraati - “Hyvää Yötä”
6. The Cure - “One Hundred Years (Live)”
7. The Objects - “Regression”

KBYL (Know Before You Listen): Today's conversation contains a brief story of sexual assault from 18:08-19:50. Feel free to skip past that if it may make you uncomfortable.
 
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NOTES

Today's episode brings us a conversation with two-thirds of Brownsville's leading post-punk group, The Objects. I sit down with Fernie De La Garza and Xavier Castañeda to talk about their upcoming debut LP, Playground, which the band will be releasing themselves on a run of 100 cassettes this Friday, May 17th. The album is an exhibition of the band's development over the past year into a solid post-punk unit and songwriting trio. On today's show we feature two tracks from Playground, the lead single "Taboo" and the as-of-yet unreleased cathar-tune "Regression". I've known Xavier Castañeda for a few years now, his old bands and my old bands used to play shows together somewhat often, my favorite show being the night in June of 2013 when both our bands opened for Destruction Unit when they came down to McAllen. 

From L-R: Fernando De La Garza, Xavier Castañeda. Photo by Andres Sanchez.

A note from the corrections dept: Three Rose Charm is actually from Denton/Fort Worth, TX, not Houston as I say in the episode when we're talking about how the band is going to play San La Muerte Fest. TRC are still amazing and you should absolutely listen to them and buy their new album when it's out.

Be sure to attend the band's LP release show this Friday at the Carlotta Petrina Cultural Arts Center in Brownsville which features support from Austin's Wurve (who we also play on the program), Xavier's other excellent band Cutters, McAllen's hardcore slapshot Pussyfooter, and Harlingen's noise-pop scientist Pillowsnake, who I've been trying to see for the better part of a year now. Spinning music between sets will be Small Vortex, who I am still indebted to for introducing me to the greatness that is Jun Togawa a couple years ago. The show's being put together by BAM, so you know it's gonna be all-ages, and the cover's $7. Come down and say hello! Brownsville shows are always the best.

-A