Baxter House, from Los Angeles, California formed in mid 2005 embodying the fun and spunk of a Broadway act mixed with furious thrash. The three friends met while living in a house together on Baxter Street in Echo Park which erupted into flames during their residency, thus igniting their child-like and nostalgic logo. Their primary colored, vinyl and furry uniforms encapsulate their irreverent attitude on stage, lending the paradoxical combination of a Sesame Street aura with an NC-17 rating.
"Please Baxter, Don't Hurt 'Em", Baxter House's six song EP serves as a one act play, taking the listener from a dance party to a mirrored fun house and then down into the fiery hell of a singed angel's voice. "No Food" and "MKAO" set the standard of female punk assaults with Rachel Mintz shrieking like a possessed Linda Blair over Sky Minor and Malik Williams' Drum and Guitar speed blasts. "Dissociative Personality Disorder" alludes to Baxter House's more experimental side, eschewing classification while exhibiting bizarre pop innovation. "Fat Gross Cowboy" sounds like a dark punk rock version of a militant western rodeo. As if MADONNA met BAD BRAINS and seduced EXENE CERVENKA of X into a menage a trois, Baxter House's nuclear-powered, art rock is a party in the sack.
Every local Baxter House show thus far has made the listless Los Angeles crowds act not-so-LA, gape in awe, and be forced to dance as Rachel winds her way through the audience leaving spectators petrified with their chins dropped. Los Angeles's less pretentious neighboring cities and states shows leave little girls feeling liberated and boys worried that a woman might have bigger testicles than them. 2006 looks to be a banner year for BAXTER HOUSE with critical acclaim for the EP and live shows coming in by the dumptruck load, Rachel scheduled to appear on the cover of two punk magazines, and a west coast U.S. tour being booked. From the streets of Echo Park to the playlists of the world, BAXTER HOUSE has arrived. |
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