Chore

The Coastaline Fire bio (02/2002) A sparse, isolated and picturesque setting can force one to seek out sources of inspiration, be it from literary, audio or visual sources. This internal desire stems from the foundation of being forced to know and face one�s self, similar to a sensory deprivation tank of sorts in a rural setting. It is a place where one is unobstructed by concrete and the need to follow trend. CHORE has gone far beyond their previously humble heavy rock beginnings of 1997�s Another Plebeian and 1999�s angst-driven Take my mask and breathe. Their fine-tuned therapeutic rhythm assault of sound is now ready to envelop audiences on a mass level. San Francisco-area producer/engineer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Melvins, Fudge Tunnel) was the architect responsible for capturing the band�s soulfully hard and melodically polished rhythms contained within The Coastaline Fire. The clairvoyantly crisp guitars and blooming vocals trigger the brain, fueled by the poetic psychology postcard lyrics. CHORE exists in a cerebral yet commercially accessible dimension that is progressively influenced yet reflectively their own. When they are light, the... more...