AIDED BY ALEX NEWPORT'S CLEAN, CONFIDENT PRODUCTION, THIS RECORD CRAMS 23 SONGS INTO JUST AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MINUTES -- PILING UNPREDICTABLE, SPLIT-SECOND CHANGES, BLASTS OF 2-SECOND-LONG SPACE-RIFFS, AND LUPINE SCREAMS ONTO SPAZZED-OUT KEYBOARDS THAT SOUND TOTALLY INHUMAN AND STRANGELY ORGANIC. IT'S NERVY AND SINUOUS AND, ABOVE ALL ELSE,...

In his novella, Locust House, San Diego-born author Adam Gnade writes about his homeland in the tradition of regionalists like Sherman Alexie, William Faulkner, and Willa Cather. Gnade’s chunk of Southern California is a place of border clash, of a glimpse of stormy sea from a top coastal hills or roller coasters, of...

Description Pressing Info John Peel recorded and captured some of the best moments in music, and being a part of The Peel Sessions is one of the highest honors that can happen to a band or artist. Recording sixteen tracks, The Locust took the iconic studio by swarm in August of 2001,...

Vinyl sticker with 3" Diameter

As destructive as they are innovative, the Locust – San Diego’s boundary-crushing merchants of abrasive, noisy, synth-infused grind-punk – sets the hazmat meter on high and expands its sound on New Erections. Praised by The L.A. Weekly for “creating a new, more dangerous paradigm for punk” this resourceful foursome builds on...

The Locust "Bug" double enamel pin set Measurements: 1-1/2"

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Printed on Q-Tees Bags 12 oz./yd² 100% heavy cotton canvas 20" canvas webbed handles 9" handle drop Approximately 14" x 16"

2005 saw the Ipecac Recordings/Radio Surgery release of The Locust’s “Safety Second, Body Last,” the follow-up EP to their acclaimed album, “Plague Soundscapes.” The concept for SSBL has been explained as one 10-minute song split into two tracks, each of which is further dissected into separate movements. The result is...

Printed on 100% Cotton

Printed on 100% Cotton

Printed on 100% Cotton