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Elephant 6’s Robert Schneider & W. Cullen Hart are The Patient, hear “Extension Nine” via Stereogum

By September 28, 2017No Comments

The Patient split 7″ single with Breathers is due Sept 29 on Chunklet and Third Uncle Records

Stream : The Patient “Extension” –
Soundcloud / Stereogum

Stream : Breathers “Colony of Taste” –
Soundcloud / Stereogum​

THE PATIENT :

There comes a time in one’s day to day existence where you egg a friend to get something done. Such is the case with The Patient. Started as a collaboration between co-founders of the Elephant Six Recording Company, Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo) and W. Cullen Hart (The Olivia Tremor Control), they’ve recorded for almost 20 years with nothing to show for it. This release changes that. Chunklet’s A&R staff challenged Robert to finish but ONE SONG and “Extension Nine” is the finished product. Recorded in Athens inside a geodisic dome, “Extension Nine” is more Talking Heads than Syd Barrett, accidental more than deliberate. Hart is on guitar and sound effects, Robert on vocals, Ben Mize on drums and multi-instrumentalist/luthier/wizard Scott Baxendale on guitar, Mellotron and all sorts of whirring noises. All recorded at Scott’s studio in Athens. This is their first release.

When it was suggested that The Patient do a split single with Robert Schneider’s favorite Atlanta band, Breathers, everything came into place quite quickly.

THE PATIENT TOUR DATES

09/28 – Atlanta, GA – 529#*

# w/ Breathers
* w/ Sound of Ceres

BREATHERS :

“Colony of Taste” is about displacement as a result of urban colonization. It has been an unfortunate trend in the attempt’s to “improve” city neighborhoods by accelerating an unattainable commodity-based culture. In result, this only tends to rob an area of its cultural identity as opposed to improving the lives and resources of those who have made it home for decades. The lyrics also acknowledge as a young person of privilege in search of affordable rent, I’ve haphazardly acted as a foot-soldier of gentrification.
-Lee Gunselman, Breathers

BREATHERS TOUR DATES

09/28 – Atlanta, GA – 529^*
09/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Nighthawks*
10/01 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub*
10/03 – Tampa, FL – the HUB*

^ w/ The Patient
* w/ Sound of Ceres

The Patient
“Extension Nine”
Chunklet Industries / Third Uncle Records
[Pre-order] Street Date: September 29, 2017

Breathers
“Colony of Taste”
Chunklet Industries / Third Uncle Records
[Pre-order] Street Date: September 29, 2017

BREATHERS LINKS:
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