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Drowningman

Drowningman was a mathcore/metallic hardcore band from Burlington, Vermont that formed in 1995. The only constant member of the band throughout all of its iterations has been vocalist Simon Brody, who had previously been the vocalist of Burlington, Vermont hardcore punk outfit The Champions. After releasing their demo in 1996, the band signed to Hydra Head Records and released their first single (“Weighted In and Weighted Down b/w Static Mouth” (1997)) and first full length record (“Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline” (1998)) on that label. Also on Hydra Head was their split with New Jersey mathcore outfit The Dillinger Escape Plan (1999). The band then moved to Revelation Records and released an EP (“How They Light Cigarettes In Prison” (2000)), their second LP (“Rock and Roll Killing Machine” (2000)), and another EP (“Still Loves You” (2001)) on Revelation/Equal Vision. The band broke up in 2002, but reformed in 2004 and released a compilation of mostly early material (“Learn To Let It Go (The Demos)” (2004)) on Law of Inertia (later known as Reignition Recordings) and their final record, the LP “Don't Push Us When We're Hot” (2005) on Pennsylvania

Drowningman then broke up for the second (and final, other than for a string of three reunion shows in 2014) time in 2005.

The similarity of Drowningman’s name to the name of seminal New Jersey metallic hardcore/mathcore outfit Deadguy is no coincidence: Drowningman continued the angrily sarcastic early mathcore style of Deadguy. But Drowningman had other ideas: their music was a more modern-sounding take, reaching even more mathematical heights and incorporating indie rock/pop-punk-ified

Real Estate and The Promise Ring. This made Drowningman one of the early pioneers of the kind of genre bending that would later come to characterize many mathcore acts — and Drowningman did it even more seamlessly.

notes on the distributions

Both the 1996 demo as well as “Weighted In and Weighed Down b/w Static Mouth” are included as part of the 2004 compilation record, “Learn To Let It Go (The Demos)”. “Weighted In and Weighed Down” also appears on “Still Loves You”, but is instead titled “Weighted And Weighed Down”.

The distributions for “Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline” are for the 2013 remaster.

“My First Restraining Order” from Drowningman’s side of their split with New Jersey mathcore outfit The Dillinger Escape Plan also appears (re-recorded?) on “Rock and Roll Killing Machine” (2000).

“Still Loves You” has a subtitle of “Even If No One Else Will”.

“Learn To Let It Go (The Demos)” was released in 2004, but mostly recorded from 1996 – 1998, with the exception of “Kiss the Canvas” and “Where the Heart is”, which were recorded in 2002.

Drowningman discography

title	[demo]	Weighted In and Weighted Down b/w Static Mouth	Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline	[split] The Dillinger Escape Plan / Drowningman	How They Light Cigarettes In Prison	Rock and Roll Killing Machine	Still Loves You	Learn To Let It Go (The Demos)	Don't Push Us When We're Hot
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other art		reverse side of cover liner notes side A of vinyl disc side B of vinyl disc	reverse side of cover CD	reverse side of cover liner notes liner notes [1] side A of vinyl disc side B of vinyl disc 2012 reissue cover	reverse side of cover liner notes liner notes [1] side A of vinyl disc side B of vinyl disc	reverse side of cover	reverse side of cover CD		reverse side of cover liner notes liner notes [1] liner notes [2] case art case art [1] CD
year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2000	2001	2004	2005
tracklist	1 Wellwisher 2:51 2 Contagious 3:00 3 Open Book 3:31 4 Kerosene 3:09 5 Burning Buildings 3:11 total duration 15:42	1 Weighted In and Weighted Down 4:24 2 Static Mouth 2:02 total duration 6:26	1 Condoning the Use of Inhalants 2:43 2 High School Slow Dance 3:35 3 Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline 2:19 4 Sadder than Saturday 2:50 5 Mail Order Kidney 2:31 6 Trouble Breathing 2:32 7 Supermarket Riot 3:16 8 Clothesline 1:41 total duration 21:28	1 The Dillinger Escape Plan — Jim Fear 2:22 2 Drowningman — My First Restraining Order 2:19 total duration 4:41	1 Black-Tie Knife-Fight 4:08 2 Radio Tuned To The Sounds Of Hearts Breaking 2:48 3 A Quick Prayer To The Patron Saint Of Dirty Rest Area Bathrooms And Clean Getaways 2:07 4 How They Light Cigarettes In Prison 3:48 total duration 12:50	1 When People Become Numbers 3:09 2 Last Weeks Minutes From The Meeting Of The Secret Society Of Your Friends Who Actually Hate You 3:38 3 The Truly Dangerous Nature Of A Man Who Doesn't Care If He Lives Or Dies 4:00 4 Rock And Roll Killing Machine 4:07 5 Code Breaking Hearts 3:14 6 My First Restraining Order 2:30 7 This Years Most Fashionable Signs Of Weakness 2:31 8 If God Loves A Winner He's Going To Want To Fuck Me In A Minute (Born To Break Even) 2:29 9 Angles And Defenses 3:02 total duration 28:39	1 The More I Get to Know You the Less I Like You 2:10 2 The Unbearable Burden of Always Being Right 4:14 3 Weighted and Weighed Down 4:24 4 Living with the Awful Truth That We're Not as Cool as We'd Like Other People to Think We Are 3:15 5 Surveillance Footage Highlights 4:08 total duration 18:11	1 Weighted In and Weighted Down 4:24 2 Dial 2:40 3 Static Mouth 2:02 4 Your Eyes Look Like Candy 2:19 5 Red 3:44 6 Kiss the Canvas 5:30 7 Where the Heart is 2:51 8 Wellwisher 2:51 9 Contagious 3:00 10 Open Book 3:31 11 Kerosene 3:09 12 Burning Buildings 3:11 total duration 39:11	1 Yeah, You're Pretty But Do You Think You'll Really Get Away With It? 3:11 2 John Cougar Mellencamp Is The White Devil 3:20 3 Dude Status; Revoked 1:54 4 Today's Special: Still Beating Hearts 2:55 5 White People Are Stupid 2:59 6 Drowningman Dance Party, Bring Your Own Bodybag 2:37 7 "Dear God, Life Is Hell" 2:43 8 The Last Honest Man Sells Out 3:03 9 Major Disappointment Reporting For Duty 3:27 10 Luck, Love, Life Time Guarantees And Other Things Assholes Believe In 6:13 total duration 32:23
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