Middle-Man Records

****NOTE: VINYL COLORS ARE ALL MIX BLENDS BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS BEAUTIFUL!!! THE COLOR OPTIONS LAID OUT SPECIFICALLY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE COLOR INDICATED BUT ARE STILL A NICE MARBLE BLEND :)

First press LP limited to 300 copies on colored vinyl w/download codes

ENGINES is a five piece noisy indie/punk rock band from Chicago. Originally
conceived as a solo project for Philadelphia-based songwriter Craig Woods
(TOWERS, ELDER, PETER AND CRAIG, TWO PIECE FEST) under the moniker HOT
BAGELS, Woods moved to Chicago in 2014 and soon recruited fellow east
coast transplants Lee Zickwolf (RIBBONHEAD, COSTANZA) and Jeff Twietmeyer
(ALMOST ARGYLE) and Chicago native Justin Wexler (STILLWELL, FORGE
AGAIN RECORDS) as permanent fixtures of the band. After two years of
performing and writing as a four piece, they decided to add a full-time
vocalist to the mix. Emily Jancetic (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,
LONGDISTANCERUNNER), once lovingly described as the “the Kelly Clarkson
of post-hardcore” by All Music Guide, joined in 2016. And thus ENGINES was
born.

Obsolete, the debut full length from ENGINES, was recorded over several
weekends in late 2016 by Neil Strauch (JOAN OF ARC, OWLS) at Shirk Studios
in Chicago, with vocals recorded by Pete Grossman and Andy Nelson at
Bricktop Recordings and additional instrumentation recorded by Craig Woods
at the band’s Kildare Studios practice space.

ENGINES plays a brand of indie/punk rock that is is loud but not lacking in
dynamics. Noisy, but beautiful, Chaotic, but calm. Dissonant, yet melodic.
Obsolete is the complete expression of all of these elements spread out over
twelve songs that stand alone but also flow into one another over the course
of thirty-six minutes.

Obsolete is available digitally and on limited edition vinyl from these five killer
DIY labels: Forge Again Records, Killer Tofu Records, Middle Man Records,
4UBRO Records, and Be Happy Records.