It is always a special event when Mission of Burma play two shows at the Paradise, but what makes tonight's show EXTRA special is the technology being offered by the opening band. The Konks (finally) release their much anticipated vinyl single Nerves (b/w My Head), which is being put out by local label Static Eye Records. Fanatical Konks fans and frenzied record collectors all around town have got the buzzzzz. The Konks have been back in the studio at Basement 247 Studios, where they previously recorded their self-titled full length debut album (released on BOMP Records) back in 2005. We have been waiting 5 years for them to give us something else to play, and in true Konks fashion, they took it a step further and also gave us something to play with. What this low-fi garage rock trio have done, is pressed 500 vinyl 7-inches, and created two different sleeves. One version is the classy black and white Konks logo with what appears to be the sketchings of a circuit board, and the other version is the logo on what appears to be an actual circuit board. Masterminded by the wah-wah crazy guitarist for the band, Bob Konk, and fabricated by their good friend Scott Howlett, Bob describes the interactive endeavor as "...an actual circuit board that you can buy either completed (with all the components soldered in) or with a bag of parts for anyone who is a bit more of a do it yourselfer. Once completed, you can touch the letters of our logo and the board makes a bunch of squeaks and squawks that sound kinda like a theremin. It has an on board speaker as well as an output jack so you can plug it into an amp to annoy the maximum amount of people at maximum volume."Bob further explains, "the 7-inch can be bought by itself or with the circuit board cover in 3 basic states:
1) assembled with a bunch of extras: a record, a copy of our Bomp record, a CD ROM of some old live/unreleased stuff (also with photos and a bunch of jpegs of old flyers), buttons, and whatever else we have kicking around;
2) unassembled with a bag of parts and instructions: also with all the stuff listed above. Its actually pretty easy to put it together yourself if you have a little bit of soldering experience. I'd highly recommend getting this version.; and
3) unassembled with no parts but a link to get a "parts kit" from an online parts seller. This is the most cost efficient way of getting it, and if you don't put the board together it still looks cool as shit and will fit on your record shelf."Get there early to see the Konks and grab a Limited Edition Circuit Board Record.
Konks are on at 9:00PM
Mission of Burma at 10:15PM
Vinyl should be available to buy online at Static Records within the next few weeks, but for now you can buy the songs online at Amazon.
Paradise Rock Club
967-969 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
Doors at 8PM, 18+, $20
See Mission of Burma with opener Bunnies tomorrow. Same time, same place.
1 comments:
so fucking cool!
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