Though initially formed as an extension of the lifelong friendship between guitarist Isaac DeBroux-Slone and bassist Raina Bock, Disq hasevolved into a far more democratic and egalitarian organization, asDesperately Imagining Someplace Quietfinds guitarists Logan Seversonand Shannon Conor splitting singing and songwriting duties with the aforementioned DeBroux-Slone and Bock. Such an approach could haveeasily fallen into the trap of satisfying everyone, pleasing no one, resulting in committee-approved music devoid of any personality or roughedges, but happily, the opposite is true.

Pushing play onDesperately Imagining Someplace Quiet, it is easy to imagine that it is the year 1998, and your cool older sister has returnedfrom her freshman year at college only to hand you the sort of mind-altering mixtape out of which lifelong rock fanatics are born. It is the sortof record Beck might have made in his prime, if you swapped out the hip-hop and delta blues of Odelay for midwestern emo, Scottish power-pop, and the sort of all-American indie that functions as classic rock for this cherubic cohort.

Wrangling a melange of styles such as this is no simple task, but the record is held together by the powerful yet nimble rhythm section of Bockand drummer Stu Manley, whose muscular and hyperactive playing alternately keeps these adventurous compositions tethered firmly to theEarth and sends them soaring into stratosphere. Producer Matt Schuessler (the recording engineer of Collector making the most of hispromotion) rarely lets a verse or chorus go by without adding some new sonic sparkle, keeping the arrangements an ever-shiftingkaleidoscope of textures and moods. If there is a record in 2022 which squeezes more ideas into 41 minutes, then that record could surelyonly be the unlistenable mess thatDesperately Imagining Someplace Quietavoids becoming so deftly.

Things being how they are in the world today, the idea of finding someplace quiet feels like an increasingly remote possibility, and the act ofimagining such a place does, indeed, feel more and more desperate. Listening to Disq navigate the myriad twists and turns of their new albumcan feel akin to an attempted processing of our endless poly-crisis, where each new catastrophe and atrocity jostle for position at the top ofthe timeline. With their new album, Disq take a valiant stand against the temptation of complacency. As for that someplace quiet? It will haveto wait… it’s about to get loud in here.

Tracklist:

1. Civilization Four
2. Prize Contest Life
3. Cujo Kiddies
4. This Time
5. The Curtain
6. The Hardest Part
7. If Only
8. Charley Chimp
9. Tightrope
10. (With Respect To) Loyal Serfs
11. Meant To Be
12. Hitting a Nail With a BB Gun

*** Indie Exclusive ***
UPC: 648401033304
Label: Saddle Creek
Release Date: 10.14.22
Format: Vinyl