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Skeleton EP

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Different Projection 03:43
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Charlie's Family 02:56
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Worn Out Romance 04:33
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All the Way 04:03
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An Ordinary Man 05:05
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Searchlight 04:23
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The Botanist 04:37
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Emerging from a punk/alternate rock background, Benjamin Lancaster (Suicide Swans) and Jacob Lancaster (Old New York) have found an outlet for their pop sensibilities in their new project, Deserts. A year in the making, the brothers have drawn on their punk roots to create a fresh sound in pop music. Applying the same DIY work ethic that is prevalent in their other bands, Deserts got to work on recoding their 7 track EP in a basement in Brisbane.

After finishing recording the EP in late 2016, a monumental data crash lead to the loss of the entire completed recording. Reeling from the loss of this and many other projects, the band had to make a decision; scrap it or start again. They chose start again. Using 'skeleton demo' versions of the songs, the band began reassembling the album piece by piece. Having only weekends, and balancing newly married life with making music, it took about another 6 months to get the EP completed.

Combining a rock and roll aesthetic with a solid pop foundation, Deserts create a sound that is both familiar yet incongruent to the usual pop tropes. Donning the moniker of Alt-Pop, the band experiments with strident synths, impacting drums, fuzzed out fuzziness and vocals that straddle the path of classic pop and modulated, messed up warbles. While the sounds and feel are distinctly pop influenced, there is no escaping the essence and ethos of a post-punk musical upbringing.

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released October 9, 2018

All songs recorded and produced by Jacob and Benjamin Lancaster @ By the Living the Grace Studios Brisbane
All songs mixed by Benjamin Lancaster @ By the Living Grace Studios Brisbane

A special thanks to Morgan Hann for helping out on Wurlitzer on Searchlight.

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Combining a rock and roll aesthetic with a solid pop foundation, Deserts create a sound that is both familiar yet incongruent to the usual pop tropes. Donning the moniker of Alt-Pop, the band experiments with strident synths, impacting drums, fuzzed out fuzziness and vocals that straddle the path of classic pop and modulated, messed up warbles. ... more

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