Leisure Time

VINYL FORMAT. Throughout this record, Flexions guide the listener through a series of musical tableaux. In each number, band members Devin and Robin employ techniques and equipment that draw from historical movements and a diverse set of musical traditions to illustrate scenes of labor and leisure. In "Ritual Feast" one can hear new interpretations of Afrobeat and dance-hall rhythms kicked out of a Roland 707 drum machine. "Astrobiology" draws heavily from dub motifs, and the television program Unsolved Mysteries. "Over Tanned" is a tropical jaunt executed with the help of guest vocalist Shannon Perry and veteran Journal of Popular Noise contributor Tyler Swan playing the Vox Percussion King. Alongside such human and mechanical collaborators, the duo focuses its source material through the lens of a punk tradition, thus transcending the realm of pastiche and instead defining a sound in their debut EP that is entirely their own. Though the songs are topically disparate, all the stops on this sonic tour are tied together by an overall tone that is both disaffected and supernatural. Over the course of this 23-minute journey, Flexions present you with tunes haunted by questions of time - in relation to work, art, leisure, and the mundane - and how one chooses to use it. Leisure Time is released on 12" 45 rpm black vinyl in an edition of 500 copies, and includes digital download!