PAINT IT BLACK’s New Lexicon was not easy to produce, but it’s gritty, thunderous and ugly—just the way should be.

New Lexicon marks PAINT IT BLACK’s first recording with new drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy, None More Black) and boasts guest vocals from Jeff Pezatti (Naked Raygun). Still, many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes.

Rather than straining to re-create “lo-fi” in a studio, New Lexicon rings in an aggressive clarity from engineer J. Robbins’ (Modern Life is War, Against Me!). With a thick low-end up front (think Bad Brains’ Roir sessions), New Lexicon says that aggression doesn’t have to be found only in thick guitars.

From here, the album was passed on to co-producer Oktopus of the indie hip hop group Dalek. Here, the existing sounds of feedback, bass booms and cymbal crashes were twisted into haunting ambient interludes and ARTIST: Paint It Black serpentine waves trailing behind the buzz saw riffs. TITLE: New Lexicon

With little debate, this is Paint It Black’s finest hour …or, half-hour, any- HOMETOWN AREA: way, with 15 songs clocking in at a dizzying 30 minutes, 26 seconds. Philadelphia PA

POINTS OF INTEREST: RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: BLACK FLAG, MINOR THREAT Pissed Off Punk/Hardcore basically!! • Toured Europe three times in last years and new tour in the works • (ex)members of Kid Dynamite, Lifetime, NEW MEDIA: • Banner ads and massive online promotion in January/February www.paintitblack.org • Promo copies sent to all major hardcore media www.myspace.com/paintitblack • To be featured in all group Reflections ad campaigns. www.reflectionsrecords.com • Online banners, posters, stickers and flyers available on request. TRACKLISTING: 1. The Ledge 2. Four Deadly Venoms 3. We Will Not 4. Past Tense, Future Perfect 5. Missionary Position 6. White Kids Dying of Hunger 7. Gravity Wins 8. Dead Precedents 9. The Beekeeper 10. Check Yr Math 11. So Much for Honour Among Thieves 12. New Folk Song 13. Saccharine 14. Severance 15. Shell Game Redux

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