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Justin Duerr - Vocals and Percussion
Marc Duerr - Drumset
Kevin Riley - Bass
Formed in the year 2000 as an outgrowth of the then current West Philadelphia (literally)
underground basement band scene, Northern Liberties is a three piece band consisting of
drums, percussion, bass, and voices.
The year 2015 will see the existence of Northern Liberties sixth record, Errant Ray. The
record is self-funded and self-released, comprised of the songs which slowly found their
way to the surface in the interim since their previous record, 2011’s Glowing Brain Garden.
Northern Liberties intends to continue steadfastly in the deep groove which they’ve forged –
with fifteen years in this iteration, and with the members playing music in various
ensembles together since 1991, the accidental formula they’ve concocted is a long-term
one. Which each passing year, and each passing hour, the music becomes more important
to the members of the band, if not to the world at large.
The band functions as of 2015 as a small society formed for the cultivation of longstanding
friendship, odd special interest music, and the trance of ecstatic rhythm/dance. The altered
states discovered in the musical wilderness serve as a collective experience which bonds
the group through time, providing the longevity required to realize the grand plan and vision.
Errant Ray will be released on Friday, May 29th., 2015 at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia.
The record will be pressed in a very small edition, and no accompanying tours or shows are
planned. There may be a live performance on WFMU in New Jersey as promotion, but a
date isn’t set as of this writing. The rock and roll playbook will be, for the most part, ignored,
but the music will hopefully reach those it wishes to reach. We hope you can join us in the
actualization of this theory.
Northern Liberties have been called "the sound of hope and inspiration… made me feel
something I wasn’t ever planning to feel again" (Still Single), "As strong, as menacing, and
as idiosyncratic as ever" (Wonkavision), "For fans of underground social change music"
(Hussieskunk.com), "Definitely heavy, thoroughly metal" (Punk Planet), "Raw, artistic
expression in the vein of No Means No or Shellac" (Lowcut zine), "One of the more
intriguing bands I've heard in a while" (Aidabet.com) "Somewhere between the dissonant
riff-heavy freakouts of Lightning Bolt, sullen Cure/Joy Division gloom, melodic hardcore
marches, and spacey, psychedelic angular avant-punk that touches on USAISAMONSTER,
folk, and cosmic effects tripouts, bound together with bizarre feverdream lyrics and really
cool zoned out vocals" (Crucialblast.net), "A bit Joy Division, with part Fugazi and an added
touch of heaviness" (Slug And Lettuce), and "Something obtuse and beautiful" by the
Philadelphia City Paper.
The original ‘ghost punk’ band, Northern Liberties music can be seen as a wraith like
spectral branch of the 'rock' and 'punk' subcategories of music. While having no clear 'game
plan' other than to participate in the phenomenon of music,1 Northern Liberties have
successfully completed several short tours of the east coast of the USA, one cross-country
tour, as well as recording six full length albums as well as a handful of seven inch records,
tapes, and compilation appearances.
Northern Liberties have shared shows with Mike Watt & The Secondmen, The Slits,
Screaming Females, Lungfish, RUIN, The Notekillers, Dead Milkmen (at their first
“comeback” show in Philly), Dysrhythmia, Stinking Lizaveta, Electric Wizard, Bunnydrums,
Shellshag, and countless other bands in their fifteen year sojourn on the planet Earth.
Plans for 2015
• Record release for Errant Ray Friday May 29th at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia
• Possible appearances on WFMU in New Jersey and WKDU in Philadelphia
• Deep research into arcane corners of forgotten knowledge, including
formulation/discovery of new songs
Contact Northern Liberties via...
Justin - Phone :: 267-455-3133
Web :: www.NorthernLibertiesBand.com
Email Justin :: [email protected]
Released :: May 2015
Title :: Errant Ray
Details:: Limited to 250 records.
150 on Black Vinyl
100 on Multi-Colored Vinyl
Packed in screen printed sleeves
with lyric insert.
Cover art work by Justin Duerr
Track list
Side A - Night Crept In
- Falling Faster
- Without A Trace
- Haunted Cave
Side B - Consequence
- No Way Through
- Conspiracy of Spirit
- Absent Pulse
Other NL releases ::
Glowing Brain Garden - 12inch LP - 2011
Collaborations Comp - CD - 2010
LKN / NL - Split 7inch - 2009
Suffocation - 12inch LP - 2009
Ghost Mind Electricity - CD - 2007
Bugs and Rats / NL - Split 7inch - 2006
Secret Revolution - CD - 2005
Easter Island - 7inch - 2003
Erode and Disappear - 2003