SMP is back.

After a year in cold-storage, Seattle industrial punk/rock/hip-hop mainstays Sounds of Mass Production are alive, well and ready to hit the road.

And this time, they're not alone.

Starting August 28, SMP will be tearing up freeways along with industrial hardcore outfit Stiff Valentine (Vancouver, Canada) for the Blood Trails Tour. Hitting 14 cities across the West Coast, Blood Trails will bring audiences anger, empathy and electronics, mixed with heaps of crunchy guitars and percussion.

Sure, the economy's in the toilet, the music industry is a cratered moonscape and we're all left wondering if the next paycheck will be the last. But what are you gonna do, hide under your bed?

We're not, and neither should you.

BAND BIOS:

Sounds of Mass Production

SMP, aka Sounds of Mass Production, is a Seattle based industrial-rock band, with heavy rap and punk influences. Their most current record, "The Treatment" was produced by Wade Alin of Christ Analogue and released on founding member Jason Bazinet’s own label, Music Ration Entertainment. SMP’s previous five releases are “Crimes of the Future” (2004), "Hacked" (2001), "Terminal" (2002 & 2000), "Ultimatum" (1998) and "Stalemate" (1995).

Stiff Valentine

Evolve or die. Since its founding in San Antonio, Texas in 2002, Stiff Valentine has done just that, growing from a bloody and confrontational one-man performance art concept to its current form: a four-piece industrial punk juggernaut that calls Vancouver, B.C. home. Led by "Loud" Chris DeMarcus, SV tackles dance floors and mosh pits alike with heavy riffs, thumping beats, throat-tearing vocals and its not-so-secret weapon: a sense of humour.

Stiff Valentine's 2009 album, Industrial Metal Disco, weaves stories of rage, frustration and sadness at a 21st Century choking to death on its own boredom. The album builds on DeMarcus's work with several industrial rock groups and features the skilled electronic manipulation of Craig Huxtable (FLA, Noise Unit, Landscape Body Machine). The band plans to wake up audiences across the continent in the coming year, with Canadian and U.S. tours in the works. Don't be surprised if you see them screaming through loudspeakers outside of a closed-down night club in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or banging trashcans in a snow castle near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Whatever it takes.


DETAILS FOR PROMOTERS:

• The Blood Trails Tour will be extensively promoted. Each venue will receive materials including 11x17 tour posters, fliers and handbills. SMP's mailing list will be used to notify fans via e-mail and/ or direct mail. The tour will also be promoted extensively via Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and anything else we can get our hands on.

• SMP and Stiff Valentine's style of music is industrial-rock. Fans of Chemlab, Prodigy, 16volt, PWEI, Swamp Terrorists, KMFDM, Ministry, Sister Machine Gun, Christ Analogue, and TKK will enjoy the Blood Trails Tour.

• Stiff Valentine's new album, “Industrial Metal Disco,” is being promoted to magazines, radio and clubs to coincide with the tour.

• SMP has toured the nation many times, building a live fan base. SMP has performed alongside Covenant, Front 242, Laibach, Mentallo and the Fixer, KDC, 16 Volt, Hate Dept., Chemlab, Clan of Xymox, C-Tec and many others. Jason of SMP has also performed as the touring drummer for Christ Analogue, Chemlab, and others. Stiff Valentine has performed with KMFDM, Zombie Girl and Left Spine Down. Chris DeMarcus has performed with Dismantled.

TOUR DATES:

Aug. 28, 2009 – Seattle, Washington
Aug. 29, 2009 – Portland, Oregon
Aug. 30, 2009 – Eugene, Oregon
Aug. 31, 2009 – San Fransisco, California
Sept. 1, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Sept. 2, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona
Sept. 3, 2009 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sept. 4, 2009 – Denver, Colorado
Sept. 5, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Sept. 6, 2009 – Idaho Falls, Idaho
Sept. 7, 2009 – Boise, Idaho
Sept. 8, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia

For booking please e-mail: contact@trafikrecords.com, or phone Trafik Records Booking at 604-916-1441

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