Attic Abasement – Dancing Is Depressing LP (Ltd Red & Bone Splatter Vinyl Edition) Father/Daughter Records

Over the past decade, many of the best songwriters have come to the fore without explicitly trying to. They’ve written and recorded records in their homes, posted them on the internet, and all but avoided self-promotion. Yet, somehow, those songs have caught on. And in the case of Attic Abasement’s Mike Rheinheimer, even as his band’s prole has been raised, he still follows that approach, creating work that speaks entirely for itself. Having been the driving force of Attic Abasement for over a decade now, Rheinheimer, a Rochester, New York native has amassed a back catalog of lo- albums and EPs. Each one was distributed via Bandcamp and short-run CD-Rs, and it was through those means that Attic Abasement’s name spread. In 2016, the band would release Dream News with Father/Daughter Records, giving Attic Abasement a home for the band’s music without trying to change the ethos Rheinheimer had developed. And now, on April 6, 2018, Father/Daughter is proud to reissue Attic Abasement’s cult classic sophomore album, Dancing Is Depressing, on vinyl for the rst and only time. Not only that, Dancing Is Depressing (Expanded Edition) will feature a pair of songs that originally appeared on local Rochester compilation albums. Written and recorded by himself in 2009, the songs contained on Dancing Is Depressing are both plainspoken and complex, allowing Rheinheimer to not only reect on his own personal experiences, but encourage intimate reection within his listeners. There’s a reason why Dancing Is Depressing would routinely see people cite the likes of Stephen Malkmus, Bill Callahan, and David Berman when discussing the record, but even with those inuences present, what Rheinheimer created was singular.