Scum Couch "Weak Existence"

Scum Couch is the brainchild of drummer and multi-instrumentalist noisemaker Mark OÍBrien. Based in Albany, NY, Scum Couch was conceived in 2014 as a solo experimental multimedia art project. OÍBrien has toured extensively in several groups, first with progressive indie rockers Aficionado (No Sleep Records) and more recently with outr_ post-punk unit Self Defense Family (Deathwish Inc.) and progressive sludge/doom band HUSH. Weak Existence is OÍBrienÍs third effort in the past year under the Scum Couch moniker, having released the EPs Human Form and Scum Couch just a few months apart in 2015. Each of these recent outings has revealed an expanding palette of disparate influences that have culminated in a driving, cohesive group of songs on Weak Existence. The tracks draw from a range of genres, encompassing the distorted pummel and repetition of noise rock and industrial, the experimentation of jazz, and the avant-weirdness of artists like Scott Walker and Brainbombs. Scum Couch has cra