RAZORHOUSE Releases 6-Song EP 'Jun' Today

Razorhouse (http://www.intherazorhouse.com), the Chicago-based art house band whose brooding dark, industrial punk background have given way to a post-modern roots flavored musical experience, previously announced they will be releasing the first of two digital EPs, entitled Jun today, September 10.

Razorhouse features a virtual who's who of Chicago musicians including vocalist, guitarist, songwriter Mark Panick (The Bonemen Of Barumba, Revolting Cocks), guitarist Danny Shaffer (Julie Frost, Michael McDermott), percussionist David Suycott (Robert Pollard, Machines of Loving Grace), and bassist Matt Feddermann. While Panick is best known for his work with seminal underground bands, Razorhouse is a departure in form. Producers Howie Beno (Tom Jones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blondie) & Danny McGuinness (The Ex Senators) have deftly followed the bands' lead and pushed them towards a guitar-based musical palate mixing Mark Ronson-eque production with Tom Waits-like vocals and lyrics.

Tracks include:

1. Sad Manifesto
2. Get up Jesus
3. Dedicated Love
4. Let Your Love Bleed
5. Bunny Bones
6. Drunk Love Letter

Razorhouse takes its name from a chapter in the spiritual writings of the Mayan Popul Vuh. The Razorhouse is a deity, a house of living knives that stood in judgment of the gods. Drawn from Panick's fascination with Mesoamerican culture and ancient mysticism that is woven into the parables of the Popol Vuh, the band found its inspiration for the Codex "Jun" concept.

It is from that base that Panick's lyrical content is taken. Razorhouse are dark, intimate and gritty -- the aural equivalent of an captivating R-rated movie; as in, it "...may contain adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse..." In fact, the video for "Dedicated Love" exposes the gritty sexual exploration of addiction and all the negotiations that go along with it in a somewhat surreal but frank depiction.

A Chicago codex release show and US tour dates to be announced soon.

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