A band called Bront (or BRONT, I never really decided if it was all caps or not) almost existed once, back in 2003 or so, when Donny Pecano and I lived in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. We called the recently-constructed Slab Studios home, which was convenient for me since I lived 30 feet away in the same loft space.
Donny and I jammed out a number of tunes on guitar and drums. The idea, theoretically, was to have a two-piece where I’d play through multiple amps (guitar and bass, a la US Maple and no doubt countless other acts these days) and Donny would slam the hell out of the drum kit. We never did come up with any kind of vox concept for the band, nor did we play any shows — but we did have some catchy song titles!
Eventually Bront was reconfigured into the second AWSTA lineup, including Arthur Purvis and Ben West on guitars and bass. AWSTA played some pretty wild shows - and some mediocre ones too - and went on a small tour of the northeastern US, as the quaintly “slice of life” (i.e. not updated since 2005) page reveals.
I guess I forgot to renew the domain name bront.org at some point, because now it has pages about paintball and stuff. So, in honor of what never was, I hereby present to you, members of the universe, some songs that aren’t really finished but that you may enjoy anyway. Maybe some enterprising David Yow in training can karaoke some vocals onto these tunes and Bront will live again!
BRONT - 4trk demos.
Recorded at Slab Studios, Brooklyn, September - October 2003
- load up on the way down (3:23)
- ghost song (3:28)
- dot kong (2:33)
- the ambassador (3:56)
- vanilla invasion (2:36)
- gringo! (3:12)
For what it’s worth, I still think “ghost song” is a pretty badass song; with the right vocals it would be just the thing. “load up on the way down” has a great riff but we just didn’t get the feel so good on this take. And “dot kong” is another great riff in search of a song, but I still enjoy listening to the bendy crazy guitar noise in the breaks around 1:00 or so.
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 am
THIS is AWESOME
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Bront is definitely BRONT. Sweet jams, brah.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:36 am
thanks dudes. BTW, TJ clued me into the fact that David Yow is singing with a new band: http://www,myspace.com/qui — I wish the tunes they had up there were more awesome though.
May 1st, 2007 at 6:41 am
Yeah, the Qui songs are pretty weak, I think, and they’re recorded pretty lamely, too. They need to be Albinized. See you in a few days!
May 4th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I kind of thought the Qui songs were pretty cool.
The riff in “Freeze” is pretty rockin’. Though it would have probably been better if Albini had recorded it.
September 20th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Nice tracks.