drill for absentee
self-titled
7"
I met Mike at an Unwound show
at the Khyber sometime in '96. He was handing out flyers for a show
that his band, the drill for absentee, were playing, along with the
smash everyone jazz ensemble and the make-up. The show was scheduled
for the following week at the space above the Khbyer. I had recently
purchased a camcorder and asked Mike if I could come and tape thier
show. He agreed and I showed up, tripod and all, thinking I was a
filmaker. I documented their entire performance that evening. In the
following weeks I dubbed a copy of the tape and sent it to Mike. I
later ran into Sarge and him at a Warmers show and a Jawbox show. On
several occasions I spoke of my desire to book shows and someday
start a label. I lost contact with DFA until march of '97 when I got
a call out of the blue from Mike. He asked if I still wanted to start
a label, I replied yes and we began to make plans to release this
record. After 2months of planning, one UPS strike, and a lot of
improvisation, MW01, the Drill For Absentee s/t 7" was released. The
simplistic layout was "designed" by myself on my computer at work.
The packaging was furnished by FireProof Press in Chicago, IL.
MindWalk was created because of and for Drill For Absentee
and would most likely would never have exsisted without them. Thanks.
1000 copies of this record were pressed. 750 were traditional black vinyl and 250 were clear vinyl. As of the early 2005, only a handful of the clear remain and about 15 of the black. This was the best selling record in the short history of this label. These are two lovely songs that still sound new and fresh even though they were written and recorded some 8-9 years ago.
-Sample a Track-
This
Process will make Chicago wave its little hand