Almost two years after first contorting and rocking the San Diego punk scene, August 2019 delivered "Ghastly Reminders", the Writhers debut recording. "Ghastly Reminders" is a reflection on self-absorption, fear, seduction, and other terrors, all rolled up in one exciting, low-brow, rock and roll package. A frightening combination of punk, horror, rockabilly, and goth known as "horrorpunkabillydeathrocknroll" that's aimed to make you convulse. The EP is comprised of the first 4 songs ever performed by the Writhers plus an eerie intro that sets the grim yet entertaining mood.
-Fully illustrated digipak style CD packaging
-An 8-page booklet with lyrics and art exclusive to the physical edition
Tracklist:
1. Pink Twilight (Instrumental)
2. Down My Spine
3. Kill the Monster
4. I Like to Leave Marks
5. Point Pleasant 1966
Recorded at Nothing But A Nightmare
Mastered by Earthling Studios
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lyrics
I don’t know about you
But my amygdala’s working
All I’m waiting for now
Is some stimuli
Something goes wrong
The chemosignal’s sent out
Won’t be too long
The chemosignal’s sent out
Gee this situation
Has my alarm bells ringing
Learning by avoidance
But it’s too late now to run
Warning signals, muscle twitches
Increased heart-rate, all of which is
Reenforcing my responses
I can’t take it!
Utter terror coursing through me
The oppressor, nerves unruly
Begins forming fear, I’m conscious
Because I can feel it as it’s
Running down my spine
Now I know for certain
That my flesh will be hurtin'
All I’m thinking of now
Is what have I done?
Something goes wrong
The chemosignal’s sent out
Won’t be too long
The chemosignal’s sent out
A flash of life before me
Away I have been wasting
Caught up in my labors
Just to be destroyed by them
Warning signals, muscle twitches
Increased heart-rate, all of which is
Reenforcing my responses
I can’t take it
Utter terror coursing through me
The oppressor, nerves unruly
Begins forming fear, I’m conscious
Because I can feel it as it’s
Running down my spine
The manifestation of my indifference
A creature that should not be
Shifting towards my position
Wants to take my life from me
Flight, fight
Freeze, fright
Faint, what
Do I do?
Flight, fight
Freeze, fright
Faint, what
Do I do?
An abomination of my creation
My body I deify
Exploding with fear, oh beast
Spare me I don’t want to die!
Crash, smash
Gore, gash
Warm blood
Spilling out!
Crash, smash
Gore, gash
Warm blood
Spilling, I can feel it as it’s
Running down my spine!
This Glasgow band is less straightforward or formulaic than many others currently treading the '80s post-punk path. These songs are winged. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 22, 2017
