Chas. Mtn.

Hugs

a WESTERN VINYL release

WV037 || Format: CD
UPC: 656605453729
Release Date: 3/7/2006

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1. We're Evil, We're Jazz
2. Deep Safety
3. Leveled Mez
4. Wheels Of Space
5. Nice Mug
6. Mothure
7. Cinematic, Unbearable
8. Salad of Flies
9. Headstripe Bitches
10. Jardin Cadaver
11. Upsidedown Hanging
12. Straights Riff
13. Fly Over The City
14. Sodaz
15. Somewhat Still and Small

16. Agog Hallway

Chas. Mtn. began in the late fall of 2003 one night in an overpriced, non-soundproofed
practice space in the notorious "fens" district in the college ghetto of Boston. Core members
Gary War and Ned Egg (no college) began recording bits and songs on the prestigious
Tascam Porta 02 machine, and as baseball season ended the boys' sonic explorations
flourished to "this sounds ok, there are no Eric Johnson solos filtering into the recordings
from next door" status.

With influences rooted in gangster rap, dub, films featuring Keith David, and punk, Egg and
War wanted to start from scratch. By ignoring the feeble trends that plagued every other
recording combo of the time, the result was an album of simple but honest hardcore-folk
songs with lyrical material ranging from the depression and hopelessness of pan-capitalism to
the contempt derived from the manipulation of women: all from an optimistic and loving
perspective, of course. The Hugs album lay idle until Western Vinyl decided that it was in fact
brilliant and that there was nothing ever like it created in the world, ever.

Hugs, begins with the urgent turbo folk of "deep safety", but quickly takes a turn for the
worse with the primitive, mechanic boil of "Wheels of Space.” The hypnosis is broken, K.K.
Peronni would be proud to call "Salad of Flies" the impromptu theme from "Lube the Fist.” If
"Jardin Cadaver" doesn’t melt your mind with sonic kindness, then you only need but wait for
the simple, airborne aural handshake of "Upsidedown Hanging" and "Fly Over the City". The
only break from pop song-craft comes in the form of the stoned epic "Agog Hallway".
R.I.Y.L: Ariel Pink, Roy Harper, Donovan, Can, This Heat, Sunburned Hand of the Man, No
Neck Blues Band.

SELLING POINTS

—Chas. Mtn. is playing SXSW 2006 in support
of Hugs.

—The group has already played dozens of
shows in the northeast, and have a short US
tour scheduled for Fall 2005.

—They have shared bills with Ariel Pink,
Sunburned Hand of the Man, Greg Davis, and
many others.

—Members have been in numerous other
bands including the successful hardcore band
Bane,.

-- Artwork is a replication of a hand-sewn felt
design created by Kelly Rakowski, who has
also designed for Hank Williams III, the
Berskire Museum, and the Mass MoCA.

PRESS QUOTES

"

the bottom line is that Hugs is a

terrific document of sound.

"

-Uncommon Folk

"

At times it is nothing but gorgeous,

with great melodic vocals

"

-Uncommon Folk

"[Hugs] is and odd mix of beauty and
beast. Most of it is beauty but tracks
like 'Nice Mug' see Chas. Mtn. turn
beast and bring avant-noise into the
mix. "

-Uncommon Folk

"Hugs is very lo-fi and if the members
were ever forced to get into a good
studio their sound would blossom so
beautifully. "

-Uncommon Folk