EARLY MAN

Early Man solidified in the New York City summer of 2003 when Mike Conte (Guitar, Vox) joined forces with Adam Bennati (Drums). They knew each other from years of playing in underground bands in Columbus, Ohio. Mike had been recording Early Man songs by himself over the previous 4 years with a 4-track and a drum machine, refining a very particular sound that he wanted the project to have. It took's Adam's arrival in NYC to kick Mike Conte's street-metal vision into three dimensions.

Downtown magnate Spencer Sweeney, who helped book their first shows at NYC's The Hole, descibes the Early Man sound as 'a heavy metal roller coaster with fretboards instead of tracks'. The band often plays as a two-piece. Their live shows  are infamous among drunk New York fuck ups. Their show at The Hole actually sold out of beer.

In September of 2004, Early Man, who are not independantly wealthy, got eight hours of free studio time at Empire View Studios. In that time they recorded and mixed three songs just to have a decent representation of their music so they could get more shows. They pressed up a few hundred demos and quickly sold out of them at New York record stores. The heads at Baltimore's Monitor Records offered to officially release those songs as an EP. Early Man said yes. The EP will be out in April.

The band will be in the studio again early in 2005 to record their first full length for Matador Records followed by extensive touring in both the U.S. and Europe.

s/t ep
(cd | 2005)

"Shredding guitars and flying beer cans never felt so good." Fader Mag.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Fight!
2. Death is the Answer to My Prayers
3. The Undertaker is Calling You

BOOKING:

Check Matador Records for details.

MAGAZINE/ WEB PROMOTIONS:

Monitor
Contact: jason@monitorrecords.com
po box 2361
Baltimore, Md. 21203

WEBSITE:

www.earlymanarmy.com
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