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Eightfourseven
12+ albums
alternative rockelectronicpost-hardcorealternativenoise rock
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EIGHTFOURSEVEN distort all sonic boundaries on their latest full-length album, LOSSLESS. Due out this June via Minus Head Records, LOSSLESS fuses electronica with warm organic rock for a sound that's as ponderous as it is pacifying. "Chibana" pulsates with blips of incisive cyber riffing conjured by Anthony Sarti (Bass/Programming/Synth) and frontman Lance Jackman's hypnotic harmonies. Meanwhile, cuts like "Phantom Limb" and the title track segue through uncharted sonic territory rhythmically propelled via Ben Conger's drums and Sean Bivins ethereal guitar tones. LOSSLESS is the ultimate aural journey with no energy, feel or data lost along the way. Ever since their emergence in 2002 with the Everlasting EP, the Sacramento quartet have been following a local tradition of not only "thinking outside the box," but musically rebuilding the box itself. The NorCal town has fostered a legacy of truly alternative music—most notably Deftones and Far—and EIGHTFOURSEVEN proudly continue that tradition. The band cultivated a diehard local following and it led to the self-released full-length The Allegiance in 2004 followed by the acclaimed Silent Raid EP in 2006. However, LOSSLESS is truly a milestone for the band. About the album's direction, Lance comments, "While Silent Raid was a little more traditional, LOSSLESS is less of a regular rock album. It takes more chances, and it's just a sonic wall." That sonic wall was forged at the Red Bull studio in Santa Monica, CA with the he
