"A synth-and-drums duo that cremated bodies, played church organ in the dark, and made noise music with pop hooks disappeared for twenty years; now the album nobody could find is finally coming to vinyl...." (continued at link)
It's Retrofuturista on Point Line Plane's rise from the dead...!
LINK:
retrofuturista DOT com
Hi Everybody,
Back in February, we announced that Point Line Plane was getting back together and would be playing shows with their (also recently reformed) labelmates Dazzling Killmen.
Now we can also share that POINT LINE PLANE's long lost self-titled debut album has been unearthed, radically restored and remastered, and will receive it's first ever vinyl and digital release on May 29th, 2026.
The first pressing will be presented on 8-Bit Blue Vinyl and will include a double-sided, collectible “Footlong” OBI featuring the artwork of original designer E*Rock. The remastered album will also be available on CD with a CD-only bonus track, "Descender 2003". - And at our Bandcamp page, you'll find an Ult-Ed Bundle that brings together the Blue Vinyl LP, the Footlong OBI and the Digipack CD (and the bonus track) at a discounted price.
You can lend us a hand & lend us your ears by picking up "Point Line Plane" on your format of choice - and taking in the debut single "8-Bit Graveyard". In anticipation of the release PLP has booked a slate of Northwest gigs, will participate in a jaunt with Dazzling Killmen and will make a special appearance at the celebrated Caterwaul Fest!
All of the details are at the SKiN GRAFT News Desk:
skingraftrecords DOT com
- and there's more at the SKiN GRAFT Bandcamp page:
skingraftrecords DOT bandcamp DOT com
Stores! Distribution inquiries to Redeye Worldwide!
Thanks!
Mark
SMALL ABSTRACTS
Eric W Mast, Charlie Salas-Humara, Sean Purl Samoheyl
At Partly/Musique Plastique
New location: 640 SE Stark St, Portland, OR
Opening Friday 3/6/2026 6-9pm
Everyone has a tiny rectangle of two dimensional visual stimulus in their pocket these days, but it doesn’t seem to do much more than waste your time and fry your attention span, making you feel aggravated with its constant stream of bad news and reminders about what’s wrong with the world. So for these show we made small, calm, good news rectangles; hand made, meditative images with no reference to the “real world” and its dead end, gang warfare, partisan, corporate owned propaganda. These rectangles just sit around and you can give them as much or as little attention as you like, and they will never tell you what to think.
Abstraction is interesting to me because you have to create a new a new vocabulary of mark making and build something with that, but it allows room for spontaneity that you can’t always get with representational painting. It’s a bit like writing poetry with your own made up words. Or like scatting, in both sense of the word; singing wordless vocalizations and also smearing shit around on a canvas until it says something interesting.
Charlie and I were talking about doing a show together that focused on small abstract paintings, since we both usually do bigger pieces, and it would be an exercise to step out of our comfort zone. We thought Sean would be a good fit for this so we asked him to join us.
“These boys all had good GPAs in school and are now fulfilling an important market niche for abstract painting.” -The Chief Executive of Abstract Art
BREAKING NEWS: After going dark 22 years ago, the legendary Synth/Punk duo Point Line Plane is rebooting with a slate of Northwest gigs in support of their SKiN GRAFT Records labelmates Dazzling Killmen (!)
- - - And - both bands will be appearing at the celebrated Caterwaul Fest!!!
Read all about it at the SKiN GRAFT News Desk:
skingraftrecords DOT com
As the cauldrons begin to boil and grog begins to bubble, it seemed an appropriate time to announce our next theme and issue, upcoming in 2026…The Medieval Issue! That’s right! Dust off your quills and ink chalices and get prepare to send thy ancient scrolls to [email protected] today (carrier pigeons accepted as well) No defined due date on this one yet, but get scrawling today! B/W 300 dpi if possible please! Ads too! $45 doubloons to our PayPal or Free Spirit News on ye olde’ Venmo with thine information 🏰📜🪶🧌⚔️🎃🐉🗡️
