Brain Tourniquet

Brain Tourniquet

Sinking Deeper Into Madness

Iron Lung

***Iron Lung Records has long been fans of the concept album, especially in the punk context. When you have something to say and you take your time to say it, the message sinks in a lot deeper. BRAIN TOURNIQUET has made a crushing and harshly heavy example of this ethos with serious mental health commentary. While powerviolence/hardcore/punk influence of Crossed Out, Man Is The Bastard, and Mind Eraser are at its core, ‘Sinking Deeper Into Madness’, the band’s second album, also incorporates heavy doses of Swans’ bleakness, personal actualizations from outdated self-help tapes, and boundary pushing sonics from 70’s prog.‘Sinking Deeper Into Madness’ tells the story of an unnamed protagonist whose family urges him to get a lobotomy after experiencing a manic episode. The protagonist ultimately decides to go through with the procedure and experiences extreme bouts of joy, fear, regret, and remorse until his mind ultimately disintegrates into total emptiness.200 copies on opaque yellow, 500 copies on black 140gr vinyl housed in a 24pt reverse board jacket with insert included. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Matthew Michel with additional tracking by Louis Hardy. Art by M.B.FFO: Crossed Out, Mind Eraser, Swans, Man Is The Bastard

Brain Tourniquet

…An Expression In Pain

Iron Lung

***Rage fueled powerviolence/harDCore from the “City of Magnificent Distances”. Since their 2018 inception, Brain Tourniquet has payed homage to the classic West Coast Power Violence legends like Man Is The Bastard, Crossed Out and Neanderthal while maintaining their own identity and consistently twisting the conventions of the genre to make something new and urgent and fucking skull crushing. …An Expression In Pain takes that forward trajectory 10 steps further and absolutely decimates expectations. This band is truly a light in the darkness. (STREET DATE - 2/24/2023)