The self-titled follow-up to 2013s Within The Wallsmarks the first time ever that all six current band members Xavier Laradji, Will Lindsay (Indian), James Moy (Anal Hearse, Machismo, Ferro Mortem), Isidro Reyes (Anatomy Of Habit, The Fortieth Day), Pieter Schoolwerth, and founder Mark Solotroff (Anatomy Of Habit, The Fortieth Day) recorded together in the same room at the same time. The group convened in Chicago, at Decade Music Studios, to write, record, and even squeeze in a historic six-man live show at hallowed Chicago venue, The Empty Bottle. They chose to once again to work with engineer/producer Sanford Parker (Buried At Sea, Minsk, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, Corrections House), who handled Within The Walls. Mixing duties were handled by John McEntire (Tortoise), Solotroffs former Anatomy Of Habit bandmate, while mastering was completed by Collin Jordan, who also worked on Within The Walls. The disquieting thirteen track offering centers itself on the death of human interaction in an age of digital abstraction and disconnection. Notes Solotroff, BLOODYMINDED deals with themes connected to the idea of the struggle for togetherness and we fervently believe in the need for meaningful human interaction. BLOODYMINDED has spent years as a band with members dispersed across the globe and weve lived this struggle of togetherness as a creative, recording, and performing group and especially as friends. Coming together to write, record, and perform was a vital experience for us, and both concrete and intangible barriers and borders were overcome, in the process. Includes digital download

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Reissue of EPMD's classic Strictly Business. This is a super influential, hit filled, clinic of dope beats & magnificent rhymes. If you're a student of the rap game, you should get this record.