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System and Station is a band from Portland, Oregon, who play rock music the
way it was intended to be played: triumphant, loud, and pure. Led by RFK
Heise, whose songwriting acumen is both colossal and melodic, System and
Station craft songs that are as accessible as The Killers, as complex as Cursive,
and as enduring as Sunny Day Real Estate, and prompted by the Detroit Metro
Times as “A band that is so refreshingly professional it’ll make you realize how
amateurish most indie releases are, they will captivate you”.
The title of their latest E.P.—“I’m Here To Kill”—could double as their business
card. The SIX songs show a band at a creative peak bringing the epic sound they
have developed over the past decade. The E.P., which can either be seen as a
follow up to 2008’s excellent “A Nation of Actors” or a precursor to 2010’s much
anticipated LP “A Series of Screws”, is as good an introduction as any to the
uninitiated.
Continuing their long-standing studio relationship with audio guru and
producer Larry Crane (Quasi, The Joggers, Elliot Smith) System and Station
make good on the threat of their title. With the assault of Bryan Fairfield’s
drumming, the punch of Adam Shultz’s bass lines, the universal and emotive
lyricism and the visceral attack of RFK Heise and Palmer Cloud’s unsheathed
guitars, “I’m Here To Kill” expands the band’s musical pallet while maintaining
the soaring, angular full-on Rock Out that has defined the band from the
beginning. It also features appearances by Douglas Jenkins of the Portland Cello
Project and guest vocals by Sad Horse’s Elizabeth Venable on the title track.
System and Station have a DIY ethos that was forged in the late 90’s music scene
of Boise, ID. Twenty national tours have allowed the band to mature into a
seasoned and confident live act that has somehow fit their huge sound to small
clubs and theaters across America. They have shared bills with Built To Spill,
Modest Mouse, Shiner, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sunny Day Real Estate and
the Meat Puppets.
Discography:
“I’m Here To Kill”- EP 2009
“A Nation of Actors”- LP 2008
“Here Is Now”- LP 2006
“In The Twilight”- LP 2004
“If You Find Me Let Me Know”- EP 2002
“Compiling the #7”- EP (b sides, outtakes) 2001
“Pictures Found in Paragraphs”- LP 2001
“Prospects of Living Daily”- EP 1999

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