radfax press release

To all those who breathe the ..rdfx air:

On October 20, 1803 the United States senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. Only fitting that 205 years after the United States began to truly expand their empire, ..rdfx is beginning to expand theirs. The troupe practiced in New Rochelle this past weekend, showing mastery of 2007's These Are My Eyes, revealing a more polished Planet Nonstop and demonstrating true promise in their work on their loosely-formed third LP. The practice turned into an impromptu performance / collaboration when Joe Sacco's friend and mentor Danshoo entered into the mix. The Rastafarian dropped knowledge, shared spliffs, and helped show the world the guys' true versatility as they left their punk/rock roots to embark on a 10 minute reggae jam of 2006's runaway hit Telephone with a little bit of Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier thrown into the mix.

Camp Planet Nonstop, the lobbyist group devoted to promoting the band's 2nd LP, issued a press release that there are currently discussions to add Wintersession and The Rolling Sea and the New Wave Cavalier to the already impressive track listings. The thinking is that these 2 songs, arguably the most impressive from These Are My Eyes, would not only supplement the existing P.N. songs but also fit right into the underlying theme of the album. Camp P.N. is confident that competent production and a little more polishing would turn these two already gems into something special on a CD full of potential singles.

In other news from the Planet Nonstop front, it seems that long-stagnant This Song Is A Pipebomb may be nearing completion of writing. The piece, fragments of which were composed in 2005 by Johnny Mainstream, Matt Walsh, and Sean Prinz, has been through the perpetual ringer of writer's block. Last week, however, bassist Diego Rivera and Mainstream sat down and went a completely different direction from the song's punk rock undercurrent by adding more of a hip-hop/funk beat into the breakdown. As for the breakdown's lyrics, which has seen more ch-ch-ch-changes than a David Bowie single, Mainstream and Rivera implemented a reference to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Upon practicing this weekend, the new idea seemed to fly well and the band looks forward to releasing a strong opener to their much anticipated album.

In a rare interview with Alternative Press this weekend, bassist Diego Rivera was asked about the seemingly two different directions that ..rdfx and Johnny Mainstream were heading. He is quoted:

I do not see ..radfax and Johnny Mainstream as two separate bands. On the contrary, we are one band that is currently working on developing our sound. We know that our competitive edge lies in our diverse writing styles and collaborative song development.

We will not fall victim to the plus44/Angels & Airwaves conundrum that blink-182 faced. The band could no longer work together. The division in musical directions was too much for the boys to handle. The result was the formation of two mediocre bands.

This weekend's practice fulfilled at least part of Diego's prophecy, as the band showed a marked increase in positive reception to what was previously "Mainstream-only" tracks, such as Old Cathole Road, Aquamarine, and the cover of Bill Browning's Dark Hollow. The band also touched upon some of the tracks recently released on Matt Walsh's 2nd solo EP Leviathan, such as When Pluto Was a Planet, Cinema, and (This City is) Burning Alive.

The biggest news and surprise of the weekend came in the completion of Beans, the second song in which drummer Joe Sacco is given a major share of the writing credit (the first, of course, being Telephone). The song, slated to appear on the yet unnamed 3rd LP, came together as Johnny continued to develop his role as lead guitarist and Sacco relented to a faster beat than that which appeared on the original demo. The song, one which Matt Walsh has been quoted as saying he is most lyrically proud of, is proof-positive that the band is ready for the post-Planet Nonstop world already.

As the boys turn into men and work on their future,
we pray you continue to be honest to yourself.

There are a million stars in the sky. Which one is yours?