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L.M.I. Premiere “Coffin Niche” from Far Beyond Nothing

Posted in audiObelisk on May 2nd, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Eastern Pennsylvania-based heavy punk/post-hardcore rockers L.M.I. will release their second album, Far Beyond Nothing, on June 16. Also their debut on Dullest Records, it’s a 26-minute scorcher that on first and maybe even second listen almost invariably comes across defined by its aggression, but even in its earliest thrust shows there’s more at hand than raw, face-peeling harshness. Opener and longest track (immediate points) “Coffin Niche” premieres today, and in its quick 3:33 run, one can hear an edge of heavy indie melody that shows up soon enough again on “Emerald Motions,” sort of a what-if-RobCrow-joined-Refused vibe playing out surrounded by all the intensity one might ask of a young three-piece with intent to kill. With songs running in the two- to three-minute range exclusively, Far Beyond Nothing reinforces this emergent sonic diversity in “Weak Stilts” and “Salamander,” neither of which gives up the anger or immediacy the three-piece — whose acronym moniker stands for Lazy Middle-Class Intellectuals — present in the first going of “Coffin Niche” or revive on cuts like “Stress Dreams” and the almost Disfear-esque “Sun Rites” as they move through the record’s second half.

I’m not sure I’d call the resulting whole impression of Far Beyond Nothing balanced, but nor do I think that’s what L.M.I. are shooting for with its forceful, nasty physicality. As the heads-down rush and mathy start-stops of “Coffin Niche” give way to the galloping “Destined for the Ground,” the band nonetheless successfully navigates their way between the genres of heavy rock, metal and angular post-hardcore, lmi far beyond nothinghowever, so there is a sense of nuance at work. Longer-term rocker heads might recall a similar modus from post-Dillinger Escape Plan Minneapolis troupe Figure of Merit, who for one hot minute were signed to Earache in the aughts, but even as “Rational Defect” and “Poison Landscape” find them working in a more atmospheric vein, L.M.I. come out of closer “Collapsing Pages” having successfully channeled Northeastern confrontationalism and sonic complexity in like measure to their between-Philly-and-New-York suburban sphere. The due pummel of “Coffin Niche” establishes the mood of much of what follows behind it, and whether one takes on Far Beyond Nothing as cued by the violence of its somewhat troubling cover art or digs a little deeper into the sound to uncover what the trio are really trying to accomplish in the component songs, L.M.I. do not fail to make an impression here. Or to leave bruises.

With the promise of summer tour dates to be announced and a quote from the band about the track, you can check out the premiere of “Coffin Niche” in the YouTube embed below. Don’t hurt yourself or anything, but maximum volume is recommended for maximum effect.

Please enjoy:

L.M.I., “Coffin Niche”

L.M.I. on “Coffin Niche”:

“Coffin Niche” is one of the first songs we wrote for our new album “Far Beyond Nothing” back in late 2015. We are very proud of this album and we believe it helps capture our live sound and who we are as a band today. We recorded this album back in October of 2016 at Catapult Studios in North Wales, PA. We had a blast recording it with Matt Buckley and are very glad to be putting it out through the great people over at Dullest Records. We can’t wait to finally release this album and tour in support of it. “Coffin Niche” is the opening track on the album and we think it does a good job of setting the theme for the rest of this record.”

L.M.I. stands for Lazy Middle-Class Intellectuals. We are from Lansdale, PA and we started playing out in early 2010. Our new album “Far Beyond Nothing” is our second album and it will be released via Dullest Records on June 16th. 

The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Matt Buckley. The artwork was done by FTG Illustrations. We will be announcing plans for a summer tour shortly.

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