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Format Details:
Release Date: 04 July 2025
Label: Expert Work
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 725792980209
Description
We Contain Multitudes is the new band from Jon Fine (Bitch Magnet, Don Caballero, Vineland), Orestes Morfin (Bitch Magnet, Walt Mink, Godrifle) and Simon Kobayashi (Smallgang, Hurtling), their debut record, Minako, which was recorded by Abe Seiferth and mastered by Bob Weston, is released on 3-sided black vinyl by Expert Work Records.
We Contain Multitudes, an instrumental trio, formed in 2017, which means it's taken a very long time for them to, you know, actually release a record. But Jon lives in New York, Orestes lives in Tucson, and Simon lives in London. Also there was this whole Covid thing, which made getting together in the same room to play music rather complex for a while.
We Contain Multitudes is heavy and intricate. At times, it goes far deeper into psychedelic, repetitive, and minimal/maximalist realms than anything these guys' prior bands have done.
Jon and Orestes first played in a band in 1987, when Orestes joined Bitch Magnet. Bitch Magnet became a signal American post-hardcore band of its era, put out three albums, and toured the US and Europe before breaking up in late 1990. Jon and Orestes met Simon when Simon's band smallgang opened for Bitch Magnet in London during said reunion tour. When Jon and Orestes decided to start a new band, they immediately thought of Simon for bass.
Simon also plays in the British band Hurtling. Jon was in Vineland, and was a touring guitarist for Don Caballero for a bit. Orestes was in Walt Mink, God Rifle, and Bored Spies.
Jon is also the author of the punk rock memoir Your Band Sucks (Penguin), which won critical acclaim in outlets ranging from The New York Times to Men's Journal to the Boston Globe to The Atlantic to the Philippine Star.
Minako, pronounced mih-NAH-ko, is a name that means 'beautiful child' in Japanese. The album is at least partly named for the city-pop vocalist Minako Yoshida. Simon, whose father is Japanese, came up with it.
Tracklisting
We Contain Multitudes
Sweetheart
Cougars
Tekulvi
Sweetheart
Haii Usagi
Akarso
Denude
We Contain Multitudes
Black Autumn
Ideal Living
Eternal White Trees
The Infinity Ring
Denude
Akarso
Tintoretto
