Chromatics

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Chromatics originally hailed from Seattle as a quartet featuring vocalist Adam Miller, drummer Hannah Blilie, guitarist Devin Welch, and bassist Michelle Nolan. That lineup debuted in 2002 with a Calvin Johnson-produced 7” on Gold Standard Laboratories — a split with Die Monitr Batss — and followed with the similarly GSL-issued Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rulz LP.

While Chrome Rats was critically hailed, the Chromatics couldn’t keep it together, and Miller was soon the only member in good standing (Blilie, Welch, and Nolan went on to form the similar-sounding Shoplifting). Unworried, Miller added guitar and drum programming to his vocal duties and tapped bassist Nat Sahlstrom for the 2003 GSL 7” Ice Hatchets. That was followed by the February 2004 full-length Plaster Hounds (which featured the percussion work of Get Hustle’s Ron Avila), and a repositioning of the Chromatics axis to greater reflect its dub and no wave influences.

This lineup too disolved and Adam Miller relocated Chromatics to Portland, teaming up with Glass Candy’s Johnny Jewel, Ruth Radelet on lead vocals, and Nat Walker on percussion and saxophone. The new lineup of Chromatics has a more lo-fi electronic sound as opposed to the earlier dub and no-wave sounds.

sources:
Bio from www.allmusic.com incorrectly referred to as “The Chromatics”

Interview with Johnny Jewel.
http://weshotjr.blogspot.com/2007/05/questions-with-glass-candy.html

1	Running Up That Hill full track	683
2	Night Drive full track	545
3	I Want Your Love full track	465
4	In the City full track	431
5	Healer full track	348
6	Mask full track	339
7	The Telephone Call full track	326
8	The Killing Spree full track	324
9	Let's Make This A Moment To Remember full track	279
10	Tomorrow Is So Far Away full track	273
11	Tick Of The Clock full track	208
12	Hands In The Dark full track	199
13	I'm on Fire	80
14	Lady	66
14	Shining Violence	66

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Albert_Transom wrote:
last month

First album is weird. Plaster Hounds is way better.

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13killers wrote:
last month

I'm lovin' it!!!!!!!!!!

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Welovekatamari wrote:
last month

Anyone got some of those hard to find tour cd-rs?

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chemicalphysics wrote:
last month

fucking god tł.pieprzony ocenzurowany

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parisianlover wrote:
last month

fuck, i love you

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fuzzpedalino wrote:
last month

FREE PARTY! /// Binary Chaffinch (Milo Of Chrome Hoof DJ Set) /// Andy Blake (Dissident) /// Sat 2nd August. 9pm - 3am. /// Korsan Bar. Kingsland Rd /// http://www.last.fm/event/675394/ //// http://tinyurl.com/3tf77f

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klangding wrote:
last month

There's nothing "experimental" about this: just more fashionable retro 80's pap, just without the obnoxiousness.

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Albert_Transom wrote:
last month

"Hotel" is brilliant.

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volumeone wrote:
last month

after dark comp is brilliant ive had it on loop for the past week

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esther2792 wrote:
last month

i dont get this, plaster hounds and the die monitr batss split are awesome, but this other stuff is horrible how is that the same band...

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Albert_Transom wrote:
last month

In Shining Violence is excellent. Their best so far. The songs were better when it was just Johnny and Adam.

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nuclearrabbit33 wrote:
last month

fuck their electronic shit..Plaster Hounds is 103920 Xs better than that.

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_ak_ wrote:
June 2008

cya in moscow ;D

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YoLaGringo wrote:
May 2008

The shirts, like Night Drive, are awesome. Chromatics in Tejas? Let me know if you come my way!

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KristHelheim wrote:
May 2008

... electronic tag again :( No sense ... Synthpop if you want but not electronic

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mkmtta wrote:
May 2008

you are great!!!!!!!!!!!

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kvdv wrote:
April 2008

Night Drive is an amazing album. Can't get enough of 'Healer'.

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thedarksun wrote:
April 2008

i love the cover of im on fire... http://musicisart.ws/?p=527

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droptheearth wrote:
April 2008

t-shirts on their myspace blog are sweet, just got mine in the mail

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sedative_sampl wrote:
April 2008

placebo's cover is better

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