Throats EP
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Throats EP is the first and final record released by Throats
recorded in Eastbourne with producer Nick Kinnish and released in January 2010 via Holy Roar Records
and Twelve Gauge Records
in the USA. Upon release, there were a choice of various colours of the CD and LP to choose from.
LP
Throats
Throats were a band that formed in Spalding, England, in 2007. Starting out, their music was very raw, fast and straightforward Hardcore. Over the years their musical ideas developed and they began to incorporate elements of doom, crust, d-beat and sludge metal which resulted in a very dissonant...
recorded in Eastbourne with producer Nick Kinnish and released in January 2010 via Holy Roar Records
Holy Roar Records
Holy Roar Records is an independent record label run by Alex Fitzpatrick and Ellen Godwin. The label began in January 2006 when they moved to London from Birmingham and put out their first release in June 2006, the Phoenix Bodies album 'Raise the Bullshit flag'. Since then Holy Roar Records has...
and Twelve Gauge Records
Twelve Gauge Records
Twelve Gauge Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Jihad M. Rabah out of San Jose, California . The label was founded in 2004 and started in 2005 with the release of Heavy Heavy Low Low's 'Courtside Seats' CDep. Twelve Gauge is exclusively distributed by Revelation...
in the USA. Upon release, there were a choice of various colours of the CD and LP to choose from.
Pressing information
CD- Translucent red jewel case (ltd to 100 and only available direct from Holy Roar)
- Translucent grey case jewelcase (ltd to 800)
- Translucent green jewelcase (ltd to 100 and only available from the band at shows)
LP
- Solid grey vinyl (ltd to 100, 50 in the UK via Holy Roar RecordsHoly Roar RecordsHoly Roar Records is an independent record label run by Alex Fitzpatrick and Ellen Godwin. The label began in January 2006 when they moved to London from Birmingham and put out their first release in June 2006, the Phoenix Bodies album 'Raise the Bullshit flag'. Since then Holy Roar Records has...
and 50 in the USA via Twelve Gauge RecordsTwelve Gauge RecordsTwelve Gauge Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Jihad M. Rabah out of San Jose, California . The label was founded in 2004 and started in 2005 with the release of Heavy Heavy Low Low's 'Courtside Seats' CDep. Twelve Gauge is exclusively distributed by Revelation...
) - Transparent green vinyl (ltd to 200 only from Holy Roar)
- Translucent yellow vinyl (ltd to 200 only from Twelve Gauge RecordsTwelve Gauge RecordsTwelve Gauge Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Jihad M. Rabah out of San Jose, California . The label was founded in 2004 and started in 2005 with the release of Heavy Heavy Low Low's 'Courtside Seats' CDep. Twelve Gauge is exclusively distributed by Revelation...
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Track listing
- "Wake"
- "My Hands Are Cold"
- "Fuck Life"
- "Failgiver"
- "Something Low From This Way Comes"
- "Oaken/Wait"
Trivia
- The band recorded a cover of Napalm DeathNapalm DeathNapalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
's "The Kill" whilst recording the record. This was released on Happy Holy Roar Vol.3 and on a very limited tape only subscribers to their "Throats Of Gold" club could obtain. This tape is the record in its entirety plus the cover song at the end. - Shortly after completing the recording of the EP the band's then drummer Christian Medgett had to leave the band to fulfil his National Service obligation to the German army.
- The EP's cover art, a photograph of all the amplifiers used for the recording, was taken in the studio's live room by the band while the album was being mixed.