Being in a band that includes the offspring of punk royalty must make you feel like you have something to prove. In theory, that should be good: It oughta make you try harder, and really go for broke—making for artistic statements that are attention-grabbing in their boldness. And so it is with the Sediment Club, who will rock the Half Moon in Hudson tonight and are fronted by Austin Sley Julian, the son of guitarist Ivan Julian (Richard Hell and the Voidoids) and singer Cynthia Sley (Bush Tetras).
On Psychosymplastic, the Sediment Club’s second and brand-new album, the group ups the ante, squealing out weird, seemingly random verbiage over a din of spazzy, disjointed, No Wave-inspired noise that goes even farther out than the mantel laid down by their singer-guitarist's (no doubt proud) parents did in their own bands. So take heed: Austin is his own man and he has arrived, his equally aggressive band mates, Lazar Bozic and Jackie McDermott, rocking right there with him.
Get an earful of the title track here and an eyeful of appropriate visuals here:
Sediment Club - Psychosymplistic:Psychosymplastic Here! (director's cut) from austin julian on Vimeo.
The Sediment Club will perform with Alien Trilogy, Painted Faces, and DJ Lunar Moss on August 27 at 8pm. Admission is $5. For more information, call (518) 828-1562 or visit http://thehalfmoonhudson.com/.
