The Undoing of David Wright Is Back!
Cybernetics, Ghost Stories, and Comics

DENTON, TX – Experimental punk band The Undoing of David Wright returns from hiatus with announcements about their new experiments in performance technology, their April 7th CD release show, and their new comic book.

Six months following the show rumored to be their last, The Undoing of David Wright return to the stage this Saturday, April 7th, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton, Texas. "Throughout our hiatus we have not been dead or in comas," defiantly claims programmer/vocalist Lars Larsen. "We have been in a phase of heavy experimentation, developing new songwriting workflows and performance techniques." The primary shift of which Lars speaks is the introduction of a Computer Machine on stage. Shingles Tuwear (bass) and A. Train (guitar) will now run their instruments thru the Computer Machine's audio interface for not-so-subtle manipulation, and then back out to their amplifiers. "This approach has afforded us unparalleled freedom in the precise manipulation of our sound, and the automation of Computer Machine-based effects allows us to accomplish previously unimaginable things, such as the ability to, hands-free, swap the sounds of live instruments instantly, in mid-song. In keeping with our original philosophy of concept, we are in this way able to reach towards greater complexity and texture, while further eliminating the need for any knob tweaking mid-set. So we can still drive across the stage on flaming combat motor bikes and make scary faces at all times."

"The entire experience has become very cybernetic. We've always used synthetic drum sounds in an attempt to liberate our creativity – the use of synthetic drums is referenced heavily in the third of our Eight Laws of Undoing. But now the production knowledge we've accumulated in this sector can be cross-applied to the biologically controlled instrumentation of the band as well – without altering the immediacy of the performance," says Larsen. "It's kind of like building a really badass playground for yourself. To be honest, this crazy ass Computer Machine power should not even be in our hands, because we love playgrounds a lot, even though ours tend to topple over and hurt people." In addition to the reconfiguration of cables and Computer Machines on stage this Saturday, Larsen promises, with a wicked creepy smile, "a wicked creepy looking sequenced light show, shit-tons of fog, sunglasses with little blue lights in them, and the customary nihilism of any Undoing performance."

The Undoing of David Wright will release Ghost Stories, a self-produced CD EP, at the show this Saturday. In addition to new tracks featuring The Undoing's first experimentations with the Computer Machine, the CD will finish with remix and/or live versions of songs from We Dig With Fingers Crossed and the upcoming full-length Tales of The Eighth Continent. There will be a limited, numbered edition of 50 pieces made. That's right, pieces. Not copies. The packaging is painstakingly created out of layered foam shapes – and each cover will feature unique, one-of-a-kind artwork handmade by the ghost of an infamous Atlantean sculptress the band met while conducting a séance during their most recent Icelandic tour. "We can't release her name," Larsen says. "We don't want just any band to summon her up." Ghost Stories is an experiment by the band, who are interested in a parallel universe in which music, and all other information, is free; and finding ways for career-driven independent artists to survive requires alternative thinking. "While we are grateful to anyone who contributes financially to our project by the purchase of our recordings, we do not expect the modern consumer of music to feel motivated to purchase physical media unless it is in some way unique, limited, or really fucking cool looking. Ghost Stories is an experiment in all three, to see if these attributes will indeed stir up interest in the purchase of our recordings," says Larsen. Ghost Stories is a thematic sequel to their 2005 release, We Dig With Fingers Crossed, and features narrative-driven songs about the spirits of deceased grave robbers.

The Undoing of David Wright are still negotiating the release of their upcoming full length, Tales of the Eighth Continent, and hope to see it out by the end of the year. The band will share no details about what projects are up next, only whispering conspiratorially about dark cities in cyberspace and interactive video.

As if the new CD and stage show weren't enough to keep them busy, The Undoing of David Wright is collaborating with New York comic book artist Sunday Hollis on the first issue of The Undoing of David Wright comic book. "It's kind of an early 00's teenage Twilight Zone," says Larsen, who is the writer. "Doing a comic has always been one of our big wouldn't-it-be-cool-if ideas, and it's a pleasant surprise to see it happening." The first issue is titled The Dorm of Doom Pt. 1, is 6 pages long, and will be self-published by the band. "Our various misadventures are much too larger-than-life for photographs or biographies. They are best recorded in comic books. When we make music, we make it for ourselves. And the comic is aligned with that same philosophy. Therefore, there will be a lot of jokes you won't get, so don't try." The comic will also be released at the April 7th show alongside Ghost Stories and a new run of unique merchandise.

Written by the ghost of William Burke. April 5, 2007.

Useful Links & Downloads

The Undoing of David Wright Official Website (currently redirects to MySpace)
http://www.theundoingofdavidwright.com

The Ghosts are Back - Ghost Stories EP - MP3 Download
http://www.theundoingofdavidwright.com/myspace/player/ghosts.mp3

About The Undoing of David Wright

The Undoing of David Wright is a three piece performance-art driven band from Denton, Texas, which derives inspiration from acts in the no wave, industrial and post-punk genres. Established in Summer of 2004, they have spent the past three years touring, writing, and rapidly attracting a cult-like following of international fans, who have developed a rabid taste for their unique brand of wildly energetic and otherworldly live performances and recordings. Passionate in their fervor for the propagation and success of underground art into the coming cataclysm of the year 2012, The Undoing strides forward in far reaching, multi-disciplinary steps; studying and practicing design, animation and promotions in an effort to bring the tools of the major label marketing machines into their own hands.

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