Slow Bunny, Clockwork *Street Date: December 3, 2011 *CD Release party at the High Dive with Satchel and Manooghi Hi “I started this wanting to be a frontman for a cool band,” Chase Evans says about the origins of his multi-genre, spoken word-inspired musical project Slow Bunny, “but I realized what we were doing was something bigger than that. I took a step back and watched my friends amaze me.” Evans, who once shared a stage with Pearl Dragon from Champagne Champagne (and other noteworthy scribes at the Fenix Underground) has now put out an album representing his vivid, visceral poetics. It presents dark, confessional material in joyful, playful compositions; and ecstasy-induced vignettes in softer, slower tempos, all juxtaposed dialectically with each other. Clockwork, the eight superbly recorded soundscapes formed from the once-homeless, Chai House, Bluebird Ice Cream, and Fenix Underground spoken word stalwart Evans and several long-time and inspired musical collaborators, is probably unlike any other underground rock album you’ll hear this year. It is as deep as it is musically complex, often unexpectedly ambitious, and always enjoyable. The Seattle-based avant-music five-piece features vocals and guitars from (Seattle music scene career picador) Kimo Muraki (Surrealized, recently ex-Fences), who co-wrote the music with Evans; additional guitars from Ari Joshua Zucker of lauded band Big High who also co-wrote the music; additional vocals from Tyler Willman (of