Accompanying the exclusive premiere of the video today on Idioteq, is Bronson Arm vocalist/baritone guitar wielder Blake Bickel’s stellar list of his ten favorite noise rock albums of 2023.
Stream the video and enjoy the list, here: https://idioteq.com/top-10-noise-rock-albums-of-2023-by-bronson-arm/
Pre-order the album, here: https://learningcurverecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
Bronson Arm rocks with the type of edge-of-seat tension and cathartic hooks that those raised on steady diets of Fugazi, Sonic Youth, and The Jesus Lizard will delight in. Idioteq reports: “The Kalamazoo, Michigan based duo Bronson Arm, consisting of Blake Bickel on baritone guitar and Garrett Yates on drums, forges anthemic noise-punk songs that are a study in controlled chaos. Their self-titled debut album on Learning Curve Records, a label revered for championing the abrasive and the avant-garde, is a testament to their unique sound… Bickel’s heavy, haunting baritone guitar intertwines with Yates’ powerful drumming, creating a soundscape that is simultaneously minimalist and monumental.”
Blake Bickel of Bronson Arm says this about the new album: "While it’s not a themed album, the roles of dominance and submission continue to appear. Navigating anxieties surrounding both. I'm not talking strictly about sexual relations between two people… More about social constructs, capitalism, community, and general roles played in group dynamics."
Bronson Arm was mixed by Robert Cheek (Deftones, Band of Horses, Tera Melos) and mastered by Bronson Arm's own Blake Bickel. The album's first five tracks were originally released in 2021 as the Tosser EP; the remaining tracks are brand new and unreleased.
Though Bronson Arm's minimalist, baritone-driven noise-punk marks the band as an outlier, and its home base of Kalamazoo sets it off the beaten path, Bickel and Yates are, in fact, entrenched in the underground and actively contributing to it. As a mastering engineer, Bickel has put his stamp on recordings by the likes of Soft Kill and Drab Majesty. As the founder of Kalamazoo's DIY venue The Run Off, Yates has hosted recent shows by Child Bite, Kal Marks, and Frail Body. As a band, the two have wowed crowds across the Midwest, including at 2022's Caterwaul Festival, the definitive annual "noisy rock" festival co-founded by Learning Curve Records boss Rainer Fronz.
Photo by Jacob Ludecker
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