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PRELUDE A dimly lit laboratory. The camera pans across an oblong steel tank. Pause... tension builds... Suddenly! A frenzied figure leaps out, grunting, bellowing, and then scurrying out of frame. Where did it go? A safe bet: to wreak havoc in the civilized world. A scene from Ken Russell s Altered States, sure, but it might also serve as a visual allegory for Atlanta, Georgia s Tenth To The Moon and the tense, free-wheeling vibe their self-titled debut album projects. In its tangled dance between primal urges and modern technology the disc plugs into an alchemy of opposites that blows past rational culture on its way toward unhinged, instinctual catharsis, punking cliché peddlers in the process. CHRONICLE Prior to spending most of the 90 s with notorious tribal-goths Pineal Ventana, Tenth To The Moon founder/singer Mitchell Foy helmed psychedelic punks King-Kill/33 as part of Atlanta s late 80 s rock scene. Synth wiz Doug Hughes took part in Atlanta s early 80 s industrial scene and eventually teamed with Foy for studio work with PV. Reuniting as a duo in early 00, the two have steadily expanded the T Moon line-up into the quad it is today. Recording for the CD began last September with a trip by Foy to Seizures Palace studio in Brooklyn, New York for basic drum tracking. The remainder of the record was completed at Tenth Central, the band s lab and launch pad, by Hughes, Foy, and then-bassist Tim Shea. But this was not a simple process of tracking a bunch of finished songs. Cuts like the tumultuous Coming To Call and Deadbeat Bath reach deep into the group s convoluted history when electronics were their sole weapons of choice. Armed with pounding percussion and live bass the band ruthlessly slashed and burned the tunes, recasting them until glowing with new life. Improvisations were yanked from the vaults and songs like the cavernous Silence emerged, while brand new tracks like House On Stilts and Turned On Targets were carved from mere ideas. Additionally, friends were called upon to add flesh to the bones of songs pumping blood but in need of an adrenalin boost. Pineal Ventana alumni Shane Pringle (Tiger! Tiger!) and vocalist Clara Clamp can be heard on the post-punk Kadaver Dogs . Former Hex Error leader Jason Hatcher adds guitar to the punk/prog attack of Nails and Females and the sci-fi sonic shitstorm Connected At Birth (with Envie s Renee Nelson on backing vox). Kathleen Hairston from Mars Killed Mary lends stunning vox to the tribal, otherworldly mantramanon a song that features sitar from Travis Kotler another Ventana alum - who also drops blistering guitar onto the rocking House On Stilts . Current Tenth drummer Sean Moore (Lid Emba) joined the band in time to lay down the percussive bedrock for jumpy hyper-rant Avoidance . EPILOG Tenth To The Moon s self-titled debut is released on August 26th via Stickfigure Records and ISP. On it the band have combined their extensive experience and mutual disregard for convention to whip up an electro-soaked, neoteric/archaic rock record that rebounds fresh from the oversaturated muck of global mediocrity. Listen as the unexpected lurks around every bend and a rollicking journey becomes a trial by fire, challenging the plucky listener right up until the world-shattering finale.