Bretton (EP)

Bretton is the first EP by British rock band Lower Than Atlantis, released in 2008.

Bretton
EP by
Lower Than Atlantis
Released18 October 2008
Recorded2008, The Pill Studios, Newport
GenreHardcore punk
Length19:44
LabelSmall Town
ProducerMatt Tuck
Lower Than Atlantis chronology
Demo 2007
(2007)		 Bretton
(2008)		 Far Q
(2010)

Background and production

Lower Than Atlantis formed in August 2007 in Watford,[1] while the members were attending college.[2] Guitarist Ben Sansom asked guitarist Mike Duce if he wished to form a band with Ben's brother Luke, who would provide vocals.[3] Alongside them was bassist Richard Wilkinson and drummer Matt Britz.[4] In April 2008, the group signed to Small Town Records, with whom they were aiming to release their forthcoming EP through.[5] Following line-up changes,[3] such as the addition of drummer Joshua Pickett, bassist Stephen Minter,[6] and Duce becoming the band's frontman,[7] they began working on what would become their first EP, Bretton.[3]

All of the songs on Bretton were written by Lower Than Atlantis, with lyrics by Duce and Luke Sansom.[6] Duce taught himself how to sing and play guitar at the same time while playing along to the band's Demo 2007 release.[8] Pickett had been playing the drums for eight years, naming Abe Cunningham from Deftones as a main inspiration.[1] However, Matt Britz had written and recorded the drum parts for Bretton.[6] Jeff and Ginge recorded the EP at The Pill Studios in Newport.[6] Matt Tuck produced the entire proceedings.[6] Tom Woodstock mastered the EP at The Roof Studios.[6]

Release and reception

Bretton was released on 18 October 2008 through Small Town Records,[9] before being released through Thirty Days of Night on 19 December 2008.[10] The artwork was done by Liam Flaherty Design.[6] A music video was filmed for "The Juggernaut", it was directed by Daniel Seecharan.[11] It was shot on a low budget.[12] The band spent a lot of 2009 supporting the EP.[1] Partway through the touring cycle for the EP, the band had several line-up changes, eventually leaving them with only vocalist/guitarist Mike Duce and guitarist Ben Sansom.[13]

Big Cheese magazine called the band "pissed off [and] energetic" while they "channel[ed] the dirty chugging riffs of Southern rock".[14] They claimed that "Rock 'n roll-infused post-hardcore just got some new superheroes."[14] Reviewing for Rhythm, Chris Barnes called the EP "a monster of technical music" with "low-slung grooves, odd time and intense riffs."[1] In a retrospective review, Ben Patashnik of Rock Sound described the EP's sound as "youthful, jagged hardcore", bearing "little resemblance" to the band's later material.[8] Concluding with the band's "wit shone through the short, sharp blasts of noise."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Lower Than Atlantis. All lyrics written by Mike Duce and Luke Sansom.[6]

  1. "March of the LTA" – 0:58
  2. "Frankie Goes to Hemel" – 2:56
  3. "The Juggernaut" – 3:14
  4. "Sleeping in the Bath" – 3:11
  5. "Bretton" – 2:40
  6. "I Hate Comic Sans" – 0:24
  7. "What a Beautiful Day to Impersonate an Officer" – 2:56
  8. "Vampires Suck, Blood" – 3:25

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[6]

References
Citations
  1. Rhythm 2009
  2. Mursong 2009, p. 12
  3. Patashnik 2013, p. 60
  4. "Yourspace Lower Than Atlantis". Hemel Gazette. 26 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. "Yourspace Lower Than Atlantis". Hemel Gazette. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. Bretton (Booklet). Lower Than Atlantis. Thirty Days of Night. 2008. TDON029.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. Patashnik 2013, p. 61
  8. Patashnik 2013, p. 62
  9. "BRETTON 2008". PureVolume. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  10. "iTunes - Music - Bretton by Lower Than Atlantis". itunes.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  11. Untitled. Vimeo. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  12. "Lower Than Atlantis music video [Archive] - DVXuser.com -- The online community for filmmaking". dvxuser.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  13. "Lower Than Atlantis" (PDF). redfield-records.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  14. Sharples ed., 2009, p. 30
Sources
  • Barnes, Chris (May 2009). "Lower Than Atlantis". Rhythm. Future plc.
  • Mursong, Kate (10 January 2009). "Introducing: Lower Than Atlantis". Kerrang!. London: Bauer Media Group (1243). ISSN 0262-6624.
  • Patashnik, Ben (March 2013). Patashnik, Ben (ed.). "Us Against the World". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (171). ISSN 1465-0185.
  • Sharples, Jim, ed. (February 2009). "Lower Than Atlantis". Big Cheese. Big Cheese Publishing Ltd. (108). ISSN 1365-358X.
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