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READ THE AIR is the new full-length record from MARBLED EYE, the four-piece punk band responsible for all of that noise coming out of Oakland for the last couple of years. The opening title track sets the album's tone immediately, guitars starting and stopping to match a staggered drum beat before guitarist and co-vocalist Chris Natividad's lyrics act as a mission statement for the album's recurring theme of self-reflection InchSearching / shaking / life simulating... read the air / count me outInch Engineered mostly by the band themselves, Read the Air's ten songs are both overdriven and ominous. Songs like single InchIn the StaticInch offer riffs worthy of a Marquee Moon or Entertainment! Comparison, but the band still can't shake the dread of modern times. The song's refrain treats time like a threat, with Natividad's constant shout of Inchstaring at the clockInch acting as a haunted refrain. The combined playing of drummer Alex Shen and bass player Ronnie Portugal give songs like InchTonightInch and InchSee It TooInch an angular and driving edge. With additional recording from Toro y Moi's Chaz Bear and mixing from Grace Coleman (Courtney Barnett, Spiritual Cramp), Marbled Eye have dialed in a record that feels destined to live in the noisy post-punk canon for years to come. Marbled Eye's new album Read the Air arrives this March via Summer Shade Records. Album Tracks 1. Read the Air 2. In the Static 3. Tonight 4. Starting Over 5. See It Too 6. All the Pieces 7. Another Year 8. Motion 9. Wear Me Down 10. Spring Exit
