The long-awaited reissue of the debut full-length by THE pre-eminent noise-rock/post-hardcore
band from the Midwest. Having been crowned one of the most important noise bands to watch
by almost every important underground music publication and fans alike, Racebannon have
been working hard on their next full-length for the past two years. It is tentatively titled ACID
or BLOOD, and scheduled for a Fall 2005 release, which will be followed by relentless touring.
In the meantime, their first full-length (originally released on Level Plane Records and out of
print since 2001) has been impeccably remastered and made available on compact disc for the
first time ever with three bonus tracks. An awesome debut, First There Was the Emptiness cap-
tures the band at a time when they had two vocalists (founding member Mike Anderson and
Witching Hour Records creator Chris Williams) and were at their hungriest and most anxious
to prove themselves. On this album, Racebannon established themselves as an instantly impor-
tant group with an enormous amount of audacity and personality. No other band was able to so
fluidly terrorize their audience while luring them in for more - while attracting a crowd that
normally paid no mind to avant-hardcore music (including the folks at Secretly Canadian). At
the time of this album's release, Racebannon were getting banned from almost every club and
established basement venue that they played in. Dozens of PA systems were destroyed within
minutes of them plugging their noise-rig in and shredding through their explosive set. In their
wake they left many a neutered punk-rock club, yet they kept getting invited to play at new
clubs. Such is the paradox of Racebannon. The band is a cross breed of Gravity hipsters
Antioch Arrow, Captain Beefheart/Mr. Bungle controlled spontaneity, Melvins/Blue Cheer
sludgy heaviosity, and Melt Banana-like noisy spazz.

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Selling Points
1. Reissue of Racebannon's debut album available for the
first time on compact disc. Initial pressing of 1000 LP's
went out of print since 2001.
2. They were featured on three high profile tribute albums
in the last year: “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” from

Everything Comes and Goes: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
(Temporary Residence Ltd.), “Electricity” from Neon
Meate Dream of a Octafish: A Tribute to Captain
Beefheart (Animal World), and “Death Valley '69” from
Confuse Yr Idols: A Tribute to Sonic Youth (Narnack).

Also available

Racebannon - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In cd (SC79)
Racebannon - In the Grips of the Light cd (SC63)

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Catalog Number: SC119 Format: CD

Release Date: June 7, 2005 UPC #: 656605011929

1. Disintegrator Integrator 2.Under the Influence of Gravity 3.Lingers In Her Lungs 4.Yr Test Scores
Speak For Themselves 5. Maybe I'm Just Camera Shy (space of time) 6. DNA Bloody DNA 7. I Wanna
Rock and You Can't Stop It 8. goteamgone(thegreenlightgunfight) 9. the Redshift Z 10. Disintegrator
Integrator (live) 11. the hiPPaRcos miSsion 12. Lingers In Her Lungs (live)