KEROSENE 454 - At Zero LP Hardrock

KEROSENE 454 - At Zero LP HardrockCITRINE VINYL. In the fall of 1997 after touring with Boys Life, the band went into Inner Ear Studios to record At Zero with J. Robbins (Jawbox, Magpie Cage Studio), Don Zientara, and Juan Carrera (Warmers, Slowdime Records). The album came together at a crossroads where a shifting D. C. scene, evolving musical interests, and broader cultural changes all collided; all of which shaped the writing and recording of the record. Whereas earlier records

ranging from urgent to contemplative and dreamlike

Jonathan Fuller rejoined the group and helped write and record the "Back In Bat" EP

mediated across the boundaries of genre

Fans of bands like His Hero Is Gone

Okraïna and more

This is their first since relocating to Hobart

After the Pacific Northwest grunge raids of the early ’90s that saw Nirvana

The Hyenas further elaborated on the template that Merry Go Round set

A jams a jam

it’s precocious

quite literally “called down off the road” as he sings in elegiac album opener “Silver Roses”

toms and King’s already noxious tone emerging from layers of feedback