Dirtnap Records has announced the debut album of a new project featuring Mark Ryan (The Marked Men/Mind Spiders) and Micah Why, out Jan. 26.
Whereas Ryan is best known for fast, melodic garage-punk a la The Marked Men, this project takes the more synth-driven sounds of Mind Spiders in a new direction. O-D-EX features harsh synth sounds and broken drum samples, more noisy than sing-song.
Ryan says:
The gist is that this project is that it's very immediate. Using my old Electribe sampler and weird digital guitar synth pedal, I can usually bash out an idea and almost have it complete as I'm working on it. I don't have to bring it to the band to flesh it out. I've been obsessed by harsh digital noise and letting go of worrying about analog warmth when recording. Also collaborating with Micah has made this project different. I'll present the idea to him and he'll add different noise or vocal elements and help me chop it up differently.
Another Ryan-led project has a soon-to-come album as well, the label says.
