Benefit for Letha Rodman-Melchior's medical expenses
Hank IV
Bill Orcutt, Musk
- When
- Wed Feb 29, 2012
- Where
- Hemlock Tavern
- Time
- 9:00pm
- Tags
- Music
Description
Hank IV have just released their first single for SS records, "Bellyful of Slugs" b/w "Cold Equation," which is garnering heavy airplay on the mighty WFMU in the New York metro area as well as locally on Bay Area stations such as KDVS, KFJC, KZSU and KUSF in Exile. Vice magazine writer Tony Rettman's puts the new HIV seven-inch squarely on his hypothetical "Best-Records-of-the-Year-So-Far-Because-I-Can't-Think-of-Anything-Else-to-Write-About" List, and Fall 2011 promises a slew of live shows on Hank IV's NorCal home turf.Last yast year, Hank IV's third album, III, was recorded for zero dollars at the Shill Building in San Francisco and mastered by Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission of Burma). The result is the most hi-fidelity shit in the Siltbreeze exosphere. III is Hank IV's finest album yet bearing the aroma of "____ you" coupled with a faint flutter of "____ me." It's 8 songs in 25 minutes of twin guitar, blistering rock'n'roll punk, and the shocking (to some) inclusion of a Stereolab cover, is sure to unite all the warring factions of every local and national micro-scene into one big tears-of-joy group hug at the proverbial water cooler. Just substitute "booze" for water!!
Their second LP, Refuge in Genre (Siltbreeze, 2008), was decidedly meaner, sharper, and more pummeling affair than their critically acclaimed debut, sporting 11 songs in 30 scorched-earth minutes. "No visit to the lo-fi or shit-gaze" Quonset huts this, Refuge in Genre was recorded in shattering hi-fidelity by Tim Green (The Fucking Champs) at Louder Studios in San Francisco and mastered by Bob Weston (Shellac).
The rollicking San Francisco quintet known as Hank IV have been in the crosshairs of the Siltbreeze hunting rifle since just after their debut LP, Third Person Shooter, was released on the Hook Or Crook label back in '06. Attempts to release their Dirty Poncho 7-inch were squashed (the honor went to Plastic Idol) so Siltbreeze did what any jilted paramour would: decided to get even.
The band's first album, Third Person Shooter, was called "one of 2006's top punk albums" by Maximum RockNRoll, charted as the #1 most played album on KUSF in October 2006, cited as "Best of 2006" by Terminal Boredom, #2 album of 2006 by WFMU deejay Evan Funk Davies, and the #8 album of 2006 by WFMU deejay Terre T. The band has played twice at SXSW, including 2008 for the WFMU 50th anniversary showcase, and performed at Gonerfest IV in Memphis in 2007.
As their alter-egos, Theme Weavers LLC, members of Hank IV wrote and performed the theme song for Tom Scharpling's Best Show on WFMU.
Per National Scene Authority full-disclosure laws, this website is obligated to report that Hank IV features former members of Icky Boyfriends, Bum Kon, The Roofies, Resineators, Coup de Grace, The Leather Uppers, and Brickbat.
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