PTERODACTYL

PTERODACTYL

Born in a cornfield in Ohio, Pterodactyl migrated to Brooklyn, where they spent long hours in a
flooded basement writing songs that sounded “as if someone plugged them into the nearest available
wall socket and flipped the on switch” (Doug Mosurak, Dusted). After releasing two 7-inches, “Friday,
During the Day” and “I Can See a River,” Pterodactyl bought a sampler, discovered their fascination
with thickly layered vocal harmonies, and set to work on what would become their debut full-length
record, officially self-titled, but operationally called Blue Jay. Soon afterward, Pterodactyl were forced
to move all their equipment out of New York City and make their temporary home in the basement
of a house in rural Connecticut. Most of the songs on their debut record were written on weekend
trips to this basement while Pterodactyl waited for a place to play back in the city. When they finally
moved into a less flooded and much less spacious room with Brah label-mates Parts & Labor, they
put the finishing touches on the songs and recorded it all on a series of very cold days in Greenpoint,
Brooklyn.

The songs on this record range from incessant and infectious (“Polio”) to sparse and spacious
(“Three Succeed”) to epic and redemptive (“Esses”). Combining a noisy post-punk palette with
adventurous, arresting lead vocals and harmonies, Pterodactyl’s first full-length offers up a
compellingly catchy, scratchy sound that is not easily forgotten. In 2006 Village Voice music critic
Robert Christgau caught a performance of “Polio” at the tail end of Pterodactyl’s set and ranked it
the best “tail end” in a month of New York live shows, writing: “A 20-minute Dungen song deserved
its 10-minute flute solo. The unknown Pterodactyl repeated the same climactic six-note riff for six
minutes. This was so much better than that flute solo.”

Pterodactyl is Joe Kremer, Matt Marlin and Kurt Beals. Beals was previously a principal member of
early Jagjaguwar band The Union of A Man And A Woman.

(untitled)
Polio
Safe Like a Train
Three Succeed
Ask Me Nicely
Rampage 1
(untitled)
Rampage 2
Blue Jay
(untitled)
Astros
Chx Bx
Esses

CATALOG #:

JAGBR011

RELEASE DATE:

APRIL 24, 2007

FORMAT:

CD/LP (VINYL NON-RETURNABLE)

CD BOX LOT:

25 UNITS

LP BOX LOT:

25 UNITS

GENRE:

ROCK

KEY MARKETS:

NEW YORK, BOSTON,

CHARLOTTESVILLE (VA), CHICAGO

CD UPC:

656605421124

LP UPC:

656605848419

1. The band will extensively tour the United States multiple times in support of this record. Pterodactyl
are very well-connected with kindred noisy post-punk brethren everywhere, most notably Parts &
Labor and Oneida.

2. This record was extensively mailed out to both print and digital media.

3. Promotional CDs are available.

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