Blunt Mechanic (ex-Kind of Like Spitting)

DOWNLOAD: Blunt Mechanic- Aluminum and Light

 

Blunt Mechanic is the new band from ex-Kind of Like Spitting (1996-2006)  songwriter Ben Barrett. Finishing the line-up is Emily Westman (drummer), Tyler Hamilton, Lance Umble. The band signed with Barsuk Records last year and put out a a full album in January earlier this year called World Record. The album is available here.

It is far from hyperbolic to enthusiastically assert that this album — Blunt Mechanic's first — is Ben Barnett's finest work to date. Considering the critically-acclaimed and cultishly-followed body of work he has amassed over the past 15 years recording as Kind of Like Spitting, one could be forgiven for dismissing that claim before having heard the onslaught of impeccably constructed songs, unstoppable, charming guitar hooks, heart-wrenching, moving, uplifting storytelling, brilliant turns of phrase and vocal/instrumental interplay that collectively define world record.

If you like lo-fi, indie-rock, folk-rock or bands like Nana Grizol, Neutral Milk Hotel, or Andrew Jackson Jihad, then you need to hear Blunt Mechanic.  The band perform in Brooklyn this Saturday. Details can be found below.

Saturday, Sept. 23, 2010- 7PM
Emerald City, 255 McKibbin St, Brooklyn Apt 102

Blunt Mechanic (ex-Kind of Like Spitting)
Marine Electric (Brooklyn's finest)
Fellow Project (f/ ex: bridge and tunnel, on the might of princes)
Frost Watson (upbeat-indie from PA)