Moutheater

Moutheater
Moutheater with Steve Albini in 2007 during the recording of Lot Lizard
Background information
Origin	Hampton Roads, Virginia
Genres	Noise Rock, Sludge Metal, Post-Punk, Crust Punk
Years active	2007-Present
Labels	Swim Harder Cassettes, Last Anthem Records, Thrashed Records
Associated acts	Debris Amour, Jesuit (band)
Notable instruments
Guitar, vocals, Bass, drums

Moutheater is a band heavily influenced by punk, noise rock, metal, and post-punk from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Their debut 7 inch entitled "Lot Lizard" was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL during the summer of 2007 and included artwork by Dwid Hellion of Integrity (band). They've toured and played shows with various acts including Trap Them, Doomriders, The Banner, Prideswallower, Fight Amputation, Ruiner (band) etc. In 2008 Moutheater teamed up with German band Vegas for a split 7 inch that also includes artwork by Dwid Hellion and toured the northeast, midwest and south that summer. The band was chosen to perform at the 2009 MACRoCk festival alongside Pygmy Lush, My Disco, and Young Widows. In early 2009 the band toured the northeast and parts of the south again, as well as introducing new bass player and ex Jesuit (band) and The End Of The Universe member Brett Mathews to their lineup.

The Moutheater full length entitled "Ornament" was released in July 2009, followed by another American summer tour of the midwest and parts of the south and northeast. Ornament was featured in Alternative Press, Decibel, and Outburn as well as other outlets.

In early 2010 Moutheater announced that they had begun working on new material and would be entering the studio in the summer months to record a new record for Last Anthem Records. Around the same time the band also announced the departure of bassist Brett Mathews and the addition of new bassist Jeb Black to the lineup.

"Colonial", a four song 12 inch EP, was released in early 2011. In August of that year bass playing duties changed hands again with Joey Chapman taking on the position.

Other projects

The members of Moutheater are involved in various of other music related projects. Andrew runs the label Swim Harder Cassettes and performs noise as Debris Amour and Tim runs Double O Recording.

Discography

• Lot Lizard (2007, Thrashed Records)
• No Ballet (2007, Swim Harder Cassettes)
• Vegas/Moutheater Split (2008, Thrashed Records)
• Thrashed Records Vol. 1 Compilation (2008, Thrashed Records, contributed the song Signs Of Weakness)
• Ornament (2009, Thrashed Records)
• Colonial (2011, Last Anthem Records)

Members

• Andrew Aircraft (real name Andrew Schilling)-Guitar/Vocals
• Tim Gault-Drums
• Joey Chapman- Bass

Former members

• Aaron F.-Bass (2007–2009)
• Brett Mathews-Bass (2009–2010)
• Jeb Black- Bass (2010-2011)

References

• Sound cover and feature article [1]
• Halifax collect review [2]
• Sound article [3]
• Aversion Online review of Lot Lizard [4]
• Aversion Online review of the Vegas/Moutheater split [5]
• TCC Times article page 1 [6]
• TCC Times article page 2 [7]
• TCC Times article page 3 [8]
• Portfolio Weekly article [9]

External links

• Moutheater Myspace
• Moutheater Blog
• Swim Harder Cassettes
• Last Anthem Records
• Thrashed Records