ANYONE WHO'S EVER TALKED TO ME FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME ABOUT HARDCORE PUNK HAS MOST LIKELY HEARD ME BRING UP HOLOGRAM. PECULIAR EXPERIMENTAL ELEMENTS SEEP INTO THE SEAMS OF THEIR CHURNING AND BRISTLY OFF-KITLER SONIC ATTACK. THE SPECIFICITY OF VISION AND PRECISION OF EXECUTION MAKES IT UNSURPRISING TO FIND THAT THE 'BAND' IS IN FACT THE BRAINCHILD OF A SINGLE PERSON: ONE BRENDAN REICHHARDT, CURRENTLY OF RICHMOND, VA (PREVIOUSLY OF WASHINGTON D.C. AS WELL AS AUSTIN, TX).
THE LIST OF TOP-TIER PUNK AND HARDCORE PROJECTS WITH BRENDAN'S INVOLVEMENT IS NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE- FROM THE FEROCIOUS AND PSYCHEDELIC NASTINESS OF KOMBAT TO THE VAN VLIET-ESQUE DIVORCE HORSE AND CHOIR CHERRY, FROM THE BREAKNECK FASTPUNK OF CLOSET CHRIST, CRYIN' HAND, SQK FROMME, CICADA, HAUNTED MANSION AND DAUNTING NIGHTMARE, TO THE ABSTRACT ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENT LANGUAGE AND THE NO-WAVE OF THE ORIGINAL DREAM HOME CS. AND THAT IS JUST TO NAME SOME OF THE MORE RECENT PROJECTS ASIDE FROM HOLOGRAM WHICH HAVE POPPED ONTO MY RADAR. MANY OF THESE BANDS AND PROJECTS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE EVER-EXPANDING CATALOG OF BRENDAN'S DREAM HOME LABEL.
I FIRST WITNESSED HOLOGRAM PERFORM AT THE SMELL IN LOS ANGELES ON THEIR FIRST WEST COAST TOUR IN 2019. THAT SET IS DOCUMENTED HERE. THE MOST RECENT TIME I HAVE SEEN THEM WAS AT THE VERA PROJECT IN SEATTLE IN 2022. I HOPE TO CATCH THEM OR ANOTHER BRENDAN BAND LIVE AGAIN IN 2024! EXPLORE BRENDAN'S MUSIC BELOW WITH SOME COMPILATIONS OF FOOTAGE AND DIGITIZED CASSETTES:
HOLOGRAM (2018-)
DAUNTING NIGHTMARE (2022-)
SQK FROMME (2021-)
CHOIR CHERRY (2017-18)
CLOSET CHRIST (2016-17)
KOMBAT (2015-17)
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