"...The drummer for the Intelligence, Matthew Ford, showcased his new band at that same A Frames show.

They're called Factums and they feature Dan Strack from Fruit Bats on guitars, keyboards, and effects and Jesse P. Miller on bass, guitar, keyboards, and effects.

Which, before you even get to Ford's vocals,add up to a mountainous display of distortion..."

"Live wire" excerpt - Jennifer Maerz - Nov 4 - Nov 10 2004 Stranger --

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"...The drummer for the Intelligence, Matthew Ford, showcased his new band at that same A Frames show. They're called Factums and they feature Dan Strack from Fruit Bats on guitars, keyboards, and effects and Jesse P. Miller on bass, guitar, keyboards, and effects. Which, before you even get to Ford's vocals, add up to a mountainous display of distortion. There's definitely a parallel between the lo-fi, experimental aesthetic of Factums--who, Ford says, have been around for about a year and have a 20-song demo disc available--and the Intelligence, as both contain elements of the Fall's headfucking propensities. Factums place a little more emphasis on unadulterated, blown-out noise in their songs, though. Their tunes vacillate between sounding like simple chemistry experiments between static, demonic vocal electricity, and beats slower than a comatose heart and more garagey-based stuff, coming off the rails only to reattach at the oddest angles. Despite this being their first show, Factums were definitely impressive..." - --- "Live wire" excerpt - Jennifer Maerz - Nov 4 - Nov 10 2004 Stranger ---