{"id":1722,"date":"2009-09-01T01:01:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2009-09-01T01:01:57","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T06:01:57","slug":"ht026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/ht026\/","title":{"rendered":"Normal Love &#8211; Peel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1528\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ht026.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1528\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1528\" title=\"ht026\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ht026.jpg?resize=220%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Normal Love - &quot;Peel&quot;\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normal Love - &quot;Peel&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Peel<\/li>\n<li>Kleinman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amnon Freidlin: \u00a0electric guitar, vocals on \u201cPeel\u201d<br \/>\nEvan Lipson: \u00a0electric bass guitar<br \/>\nEli Litwin: drums<br \/>\nAlex Nagle: electric guitar<br \/>\nMerissa Martignoni: vocals on \u201cPeel\u201d<br \/>\nCarlos Santiago: violin<\/p>\n<p>The new 7\u201d vinyl single from Philadelphia six-piece Normal Love marks a departure and transition for the band. After the quintet&#8217;s 2007 self-titled debut earned high praise from such outlets as Signal To Noise, WFMU, Paper Thin Walls, Prefix, and others, the band returned with two new recordings.<\/p>\n<p>The A-side, \u201cPeel\u201d \u2013 written by Normal Love member Amnon Freidlin \u2013 delivers throbbing industrial blasts that covertly morph into plastic shards of notes. The track is the first to feature new member Merissa Martignoni&#8217;s wailing siren-like vocal sounds alternating with punchy yet<br \/>\ndrawling lyrics. Normal Love transforms their instruments into hyper-focused textural noise makers that don\u2019t only sound damaged in an ultra precise way, but sound damaged and really good.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Boston-based composer Forbes Graham especially for Normal Love, \u201cKleinman\u201d is a bold compositional statement filled with martial rhythms  and energetic melodies. Guitars, bass, violin, and percussion slash and hack their way through dense complexity. \u201cKleinman\u201d seamlessly integrates the chorales of long ago, teenage marching bands, the funky grooves that<br \/>\ndominated &#8217;80s pop, and the spirit of death metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peel Kleinman Amnon Freidlin: \u00a0electric guitar, vocals on \u201cPeel\u201d Evan Lipson: \u00a0electric bass guitar Eli Litwin: drums Alex Nagle: electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,100,74,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht026","category-normal-love","category-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1525,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/new-7-single-from-normal-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":0},"title":"New 7\u2033 single from Normal Love + tour","author":"Daniel Piotrowski","date":"June 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Normal Love have recorded two new songs for a 7\" vinyl single that will be ready for the band's July tour. \"Peel\" is a new song written by NL's Amnon Freidlin; the b-side is \"Kleinman\" written by Boston-based musician\/composer Forbes Graham. 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