WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES, THE NEW INSTRUMENTAL HEAVY PSYCH-ROCK PROJECT FROM MEMBERS OF BITCH MAGNET,
SHARE DEBUT ALBUM, MINAKO – LISTEN
We Contain Multitudes, the new heavy psych-rock instrumental trio consisting of ex-Bitch Magnet members Jon Fine (guitar, keyboards) and Orestes Morfín (drums) with Simon Kobayashi (bass), share their debut album, Minako, via Expert Work Records. The album was recorded by Abe Seiferth (Car Seat Headrest, Nation Of Language) and produced by Seiferth and the band.
“What we loved most about making this album was that almost no one knew about it while we were doing it. No one knew about our band, and so we did it in a sort of absolute secrecy, and with no expectations from anyone as to what it would ultimately be.
It gave us such a sense of freedom. Which is probably why the first song—the title track—is 16 minutes long. It’s the song’s fault! It demanded to be that long! There was no way we could tell the song ‘no.’” –Jon Fine
Minako, pronounced mih-NAH-ko, is a Japanese name that means ‘beautiful child.’ The album is at least partly named for the city-pop vocalist Minako Yoshida – Simon, whose father is Japanese, came up with it. At times, Minako goes far deeper into psychedelic, repetitive, and minimalist/maximalist realms than anything their prior bands have done, nodding to bands like Pelican, King Crimson, late-era Black Flag, Explosions in the Sky, and The Fucking Champs. Minako is available on vinyl as a limited pressing of 300 copies, with a very limited edition of 50 copies on orange vinyl. It’s a double album whose music is spread over three sides.
Tracklist:
Minako
Can We Just Not?
D9
We Are All Fucked
Bathroom Drugs
Jeitinho
Atkins
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ABOUT WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES:
Jon Fine and Orestes Morfín first played in a band together so long ago that they’d really rather not discuss it. It was in 1987 when Orestes joined Bitch Magnet. A signal American post-hardcore band of its era, Bitch Magnet released three albums and toured the US and Europe before breaking up in late 1990. Its records were reissued in 2011 by Temporary Residence, and the band reunited for tours of the US, Asia, and Europe—including an appearance at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival—in 2011 and 2012. Jon and Orestes met Simon Kobayashi when his band smallgang opened for Bitch Magnet in London during that reunion tour. When Jon and Orestes decided to start We Contain Multitudes, they immediately thought of him for bass, largely because based on that one show, they understood at once that he is a substantially better guitarist than Jon.
Simon also plays in the British band Hurtling. Jon was in Vineland and Coptic Light, and was a touring guitarist for Don Caballero for a bit. Orestes was in Walt Mink, God Rifle, and Bored Spies. Also, Spin once named Orestes as the 50th-greatest drummer in alternative music, a ranking that—as anyone who has heard Orestes play understands—is far too low.
Jon is also the author of the punk rock memoir Your Band Sucks, which was published by Penguin in 2015 and won critical acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, Men’s Journal, The Boston Globe, and The Atlantic. The book concludes with Jon deciding to retire from music after Bitch Magnet’s reunion tours. (He changed his mind.)
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