t-murder - everything
grizzly dan - live drums
everyone - what's left after
Influences
Sounds Like
"[Murmur & Belial] is so spooky! i cant tell if its half drone sludge gore electronic insanity or if my tape player is too old to play things correctly. i love it so much!! i have to listen to it again with headphones. ... i like this insane noise, it sounds like i'm on a mountaintop somewhere. ." - Antonio U.
"[Murmur & Belial] is such a wide range of sounds and tones, yet it manages to take me to the same place. not necessarily the songs, but the entire album gives me a similar trip as Black One [by Sunn O)))], Total destruction, debauchery, mayhem, decay, and death rattles!"
- Erler (of The Gentle Suit, Greenville, SC)
"Murmur & Belial = LOVE!" - Tony (ACOSM Records, England)
"gave a listen to your band. makes me want to go sit on my balcony in my rocker and stare at the trees sipping whiskey and puffing on something unfiltered while my dog's tail twitches in her sleep beside me.
that's a long-winded way of saying 'me likey'."
- Ryan (Toronto, ON)
"fire island, AK plays a beautiful variety of indie and folk which is sometimes very soft and sweet and other times very dark and noisy. The music seems to emit a beautiful connection to nature and every note and every word you hear is very REAL, it makes me think that this isn't 'art' but it's 'real life'. You decide!" - Valiant Death Records (Virginia)
"a small room with one window, and the sun's setting behind the closed curtain. it's very cold and dry in this room, but you feel content to listen and look at your breath while you feel the dust settle about yourself." - Pop Monster Records (Illinois)
"[these] songs are night-wandering and 'where are the trees pointing to.'" - Jordaan Mason (Toronto, ON)
"someone having a mental breakdown on stage." - Caroline McMahon (South Carolina)
"I am seriously amazed at the power that this guy sings with. I haven't been this moved since Casiotone hit me back in '04." - StevenSteven (California)
"i feel like i need to be lying in bed staring at my ceiling in the dark and making out the strokes of the paint brush from the dim light and just think about how depressed i was in highschool [sic.]." - Swapna A. (LA & South Carolina)
Record Label
Sanitary / Lost Sound Tapes / Now Hereness / Acosm
snap. i received the mix. i'm really digging it. thanks so much. i've been sick off and on too. i almost thought i had mono. we should get together this week sometime and i still want to put a cd/cassette out!
Hey hey. I am indeed alive, as if you couldn't tell by the 853 surveys I post a day. Things are okay, I am just always alone at night and very bored, etc. We finally got the internets (obviously) and tv, but I keep forgetting we have television... No one hangs out with me except Matt (he has no choice) and on occassion, Ali. I work every shift but Tuesday night and Friday morning. I am currently listening to Hank Williams, Sr. This is the best part of my day so far.
We got that third N64 controller for our good friend Thomas, and he never even touched it...
Your welcome. Also, can I hit you up for another email/digital collaboration for my next record Traumnovelle? I'll be sending you a song and I'd love for you to work more magic like you did with the split. Cool? Good luck with school, and life in general.
sounds awesome. i'm of this weekend. haha..yeah both forms of electronic communication that i possess have been pretty ghetto-luddite lately. see you soon!
if you wanna sell our split, that's cool, brother. add it to the store. i hope you're doing well these days. i'm especially ecstatic that you're putting up live shows on CLLCT. i'm gonna try my damn hardest to go on tour with a band next year so eventually, hopefully, we'll cross paths. i'm dying to hear you live. keep in touch. L!
damn thomas! you are a true individual of the species!!! true love cast out all evil!!!!r-k of course you are not evil you are a beautiful beast(saint)!!!!!mating call/mating call is awesome!!!!!!
Gosh Thomas, your music is so beautiful(even the screeching noises). I just went to cllct. com and went through your releases. You truly are amazing. I'm proud to be your friend:).
