GRAVITY PROPULSION SYSTEM - Days Like Razors (Punk/ Noise)

The latest from one of the southwest's best kept secrets, Oklahoma's noise punk insurgents Gravity Propulsion System. Not for tender ears, but definitely a crucial listen. If you missed them w/ Lightning Bolt, HEALTH, Magick Markers, or Neptune this year now's your chance.



Recorded mid 2007 by Chris Harris at Bell Labs Atomic Sound and released March of 2008 by Midwest powerhouse Ascetic Records.



Gravity Propulsion System "Days Like Razors"

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Full Album Preview (mp3):

http://gravitypropulsionsystem.com/noise/GPS_DLR_PREV.mp3





Track Listing

01 Blood Works

02 The Situation

03 -

04 No West

05 Haircut With Happy Ending

06 -

07 Here's to Saying Random Things

08 The Travel Agent

09 -

10 Floated

11 -

12 Faker Now Than Ever

13 Epic DisastersDays Like Razors review from Built on a Weak Spot

Heading back into the noisier side of things�wait, make that much nosier�is the latest installment from the Oklahoma based trio Gravity Propulsion System. The new album Days Like Razors is their third through Ascetic Records, which was released this past March. For those not familiar with the band they�ve been around for roughly ten or so years putting out completely solid albums and EP�s of recorded guitar/amp abuse of the best kind. Over that period of time they�ve also shared the stage with some other excellent noise rockers that have been featured here on the blog, such as Vaz, SWITCHhiTTER, Neptune, and Enemymine.



Days Like Razors falls right into line with the bands previous output, delivering thirty five more minutes of their filthy brand of fuzz filled rock. A good portion of this comes at a quick burst to the listener as the first seven tracks fly by in a pummeling thirteen minutes, a few of those being short little segues into the next punk fueled noise explosion. The inclusion of these just gives the album that much more of a disorienting feeling. Things come to a bit of a rest though with the track �The Travel Agent�, which is a surprisingly melodic yet noisy affair that brings their notable post-punk influences to the forefront. While the band may appear to be quite the aggressive bunch on first listen, they�ve always managed to work in a bit of catchiness to their overall sound giving them an added bit of appeal. Days Like Razors is yet another excellent addition to the bands catalog.



For those looking to pick up Days Like Razors or any of the bands other albums for that matter, then head on over to Ascetic Records and pick it up. It�s definitely recommended. - Jonathan



Days Like Razors review from NONzine

I am convinced that Gravity Propulsion System are the soundtrack to the apocalypse. Their new album Days Like Razors is what Mother Earth listens to when she orchestrates monsoons, earthquakes and tornadoes, what God will crank up on his godPod when he brings about the end and, given the technology, it is undoubtedly what the Vikings would have blasted from the stereo system in their boats as they pulled ashore anticipating a massacre. Loud, seemingly spontaneous chaos erupts from their music like sonic lava, melting everything in its path, especially musical conventions. Days Like Razors harbors a dangerous desire to make noise rock smart and eerily sophisticated. If ever a hardcore rock outfit understood the value of angular guitar riffs, ambient background noise and echoic saturation it�s GPS. As I mentioned earlier, there is something very smart and precise in their song structure. It pushes them out of the boundaries of noise core and into something all their own, all the while hanging on tightly to the pugnacious and aggressive rock that tries to define them. Definitely one of those truly unique local acts, GPS somehow finds a way to make hardcore music refreshing. - Graham Lee Brewer (NONzine)