First album from Bay Area power trio. Carving out autonomy in the midst of wasteland squalor, High Castle know your plight. Paranoia and bad attitude permeate the record, carpooling to the riots while their peers choose to crisp themselves on corporate beach blankets. The black circular saw on the cover speaks for the content within, a destiny manifested tooth by jagged tooth. High Castle eschews lectures and overt philosophical talk, but naming themselves after a Phillip K Dick novel lets you know where they're coming from.
"Crustaceans Demise" and "We Were Lovers" are ballads for a postapocalyptic affair gone awry, thrones usurped and food pyramids collapsed. Bassist Wilson Drozdowski (Duchesses, Woman's Worth) and powerhouse drummer Shaggy Denton (Hips, Sunny Reaper) also contribute vocals, a secret weapon that comes to the fore on "Innocence."
Eleven songs tracked by Jacob Felix Heule (Ettrick, Barn Owl) at New, Improved Recordings in Oakland, CA mixed by Heule and the band. The back cover features a painting by the art-collaboration "Club Paint" (Erin Allen, Keith Boadwee, and Isaac Gray).

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