Noxious Saucy Beast oozes with an amalgamation of otherworldly rock, punk, and alternative influences.

As post-punk strut and posturing becomes more and
more of a marketable commodity amongst indie rock's
most fortunate sons, true innovation falls to the hands
of those who flourish in the outskirts. Somewhere
between Boston and Atlanta, the Press has been
quietly at work crafting a buoyant and artfullyunfastened
pop cadence. Drawing comparisons to
everyone from the Fall to Modest Mouse, Pavement to
the Pixies, the group churns out a plodding dirge
driven by complex and nerd-damaged vocal melodies
and swaggering aural unease.

Since coming together in the Fall of 2002 while
attending college in Boston, Michael Henry
(guitar/vocals, drums) Dave Schneider (guitar/vocals,
drums) and John Walsh (vocal, guitar, bass) have
delved into a cacophonous cerebral swirl running
through themes of sex, love, confusion and all points
between, while remaining free of any and all
sentimental sniveling.

Now with its feet planted firmly in Atlanta, the group's
gauche and peculiar pop tones culminate with its
Noxious Saucy Beast EP, released this Spring on
Goodnight Records.

Fashioned by the slick production hands of Will Loftin
at Shangri La studios, Noxious Saucy Beast oozes with
an amalgamation of otherworldly rock, punk, and
alternative influences. "With One Hand" unfolds with a
sinister and searing sonic stew made of equal parts
the Birthday Party and the Talking Heads while the
albums opener "Three Point Three" is carried by
straightforward guitar lines and stiff-legged
tendencies. "Fattest Pigeon" is a rolling and overcast
number that simmers with restless melancholy and
reflection. Sharing alternating vocal duties all three
members exhale with the fortitude and distress of a
lifetime of influences where everyone from Ian Curtis
to Kurt Cobain step in and out of the fray with a ghostly
guiding light from beyond. Catch the Press before the
Noxious Saucy Beast carries them away.