Enablers are an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from San Francisco, California

California

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 which features the poetry/spoken word of Pete Simonelli.

History

In addition to Simonelli, a published poet and writer who was working as a courier

Courier

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 in the band's early years, the band's original lineup included Joe Goldring (guitar, formerly of Swans

Swans (band)

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...

 and Toiling Midgets

Toiling Midgets

Toiling Midgets is an influential rock band from San Francisco, California with "roots in seminal San Francisco punk acts the Sleepers and Negative Trend1." They were "one of the first West Coast punk bands to experiment with dub and post-punk elements1", and have been active on-and-off since 1979...

 Touched by a Janitor), Kevin Thomson (guitar, Timco, Nice Strong Arm, Morning Champ, Touched by a Janitor), and Yuma Joe Byrnes (drums, ex-Tarnation

Tarnation (band)

Tarnation is an alt-country-goth band, formed by Paula Frazer in late 1992, primarily recording on the 4AD label.-History:Tarnation originally consisted of Frazer on vocals and guitar. In 1993, she was soon joined by Brandan Kearney on lap steel guitar and Brent Johnson on guitar and vocals. Next,...

/Broken Horse, Touched by a Janitor).
Enablers' first release the album End Note, released on Neurot Recordings

Neurot Recordings

Neurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists...

 in 2004. In 2006 they released the Output Negative Space album, described by PopMatters

PopMatters

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 as having "a swagger that seems almost malevolent", and a split single with Redpanda. In 2007 they released the single-sided one track twelve-inch single "The Achievement". In 2008 they released the Tundra album, a shared release between Lancashire and Somerset, Majic Wallet, and Exile on Mainstream. The band's latest album is Blown Realms And Stalled Explosions, released in 2011. Doug Scharin, formerly of Codeine

Codeine (band)

Codeine was an American indie rock/slowcore band formed in 1989. They released two full-length albums — Frigid Stars in 1990 and The White Birch in 1994.-History:...

, HiM, June of 44

June of 44

June of 44 was an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover. The band's music is often described as 'math rock'. The band's name refers the period during which erotic fiction writers Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin corresponded.The band toured...

, Rex

Rex (band)

Rex was an American Indie rock band formed in 1994 . Rex was considered one of the most important and influential slowcore bands and released three albums and one EP on Southern Records, as well as a collaboration with Red Red Meat on Perishable Records...

, and Mice Parade

Mice Parade

Mice Parade is an indie/shoegaze band from New York City led by percussionist Adam Pierce. Mice Parade's albums were all initially released on Pierce's record label, Bubble Core Records and Fat Cat Records...

, is now the band's drummer.

Musical style

The band's music, according to Peter Funk, writing for PopMatters "swells on muscular guitar fills, a clanging swirl that ebbs and flows around Simonelli's story", with Funk describing them as "restrained exercises in disgust". Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound

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 described the band as a "four-piece of utmost intensity", comparing the band to Slint

Slint

Slint was an American rock band consisting of Brian McMahan , David Pajo , Britt Walford , Todd Brashear and Ethan Buckler...

 and Shellac

Shellac (band)

Shellac is an American group composed of Steve Albini , Bob Weston and Todd Trainer...

. Drowned in Sound writer Mike Diver described them as "a confrontational band, a visceral beast of eight legs and one mouth that never quits, its stream of freeform hang-loose lyricism owing a debt in style, perhaps, to literary forefathers". Ali Maloney, writing for The Skinny

The Skinny

The Skinny is the debut album by Slimm Cutta Calhoun.-Track listing:...

, called the band's music "beat music for the 21st century".

Albums

• End Note (2004), Neurot
  Neurot Recordings
  Neurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists...
  
  
• Output Negative Space (2006), Neurot
• Tundra (2008), Lancashire and Somerset/Majic Wallet/Exile on Mainstream
• Blown Realms And Stalled Explosions (2011), Exile On Mainstream/Lancashire and Somerset

Singles, EPs

• Split with Redpanda (2007), Lancashire and Somerset
• "The Achievement" (2007), Awesome Vistas
• "Now You Can Answer My Prayers" (2009), Lancashire and Somerset