Stormdrain - Immovable Objection - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Somewhere between climactic tension and self-perpetuating hopelessness, stalemates become unusually unnerving things. It is no surprise The Immovable Objection, the new CD from Stormdrain, stirs with unique, complex agitation. 'It's the first half of a sequence,' explains frontman Scott Reyns. 'Picture a cell interrupted by foreign object(s) in mid-mitosis and the tension it gives off. Natural growth impaired and that condition giving off an unnatural energy, or one that at least feels so. The membrane's transparency is a kind of nakedness, vulnerability and invisibility... Feeling divided, interrupted, violated, overlooked or taken for granted are common things nowadays - under a microscope, most are able to find the same S**t on the outside that we can on the inside. I know I for one can... These were guiding energies over the past year or two. We did this one almost totally online.' chuckles guitarist Ninos Oshaana. 'We hooked up in person for a few sessions, but artists have new digital freedoms and capabilities. Ironically, we work with more flexibility, tightness and scrutiny now. Plus we've a more robust for concept explorations, which have gradually become more... complicated.' The marks Stormdrain's first commercial after a period of pensive reclusion. In the late 90s the band, still students, quickly gained notice for the 'irresistible triphop groove' (SF Bay Guardian) of 'disillusioned fables screaming for airtime' (Metro) like the song Loophole. The band's demos, though they went generally without any promotion, quickly gained them neighborhood following, props from international Web surfers, and interest from both indie labels and major tag headhunters before they'd even played their first live show. Nonetheless, despite their growing market in 1999 Stormdrain withdrew like violent weather subsiding as abruptly as it had hit. Their songs continued o