Red Hare

Red Hare

Little Acts Of Destruction

Dischord

***RED HARE's roots run all the way back to the Washington D.C. music scene of the '80s and '90s, where SHAWN BROWN, JASON FARRELL and DAVE EIGHT immersed themselves in the braids and tangles of that city’s unique strain of hardcore. In 1987, Brown (the original [and current] singer of DAG NASTY) and guitarist Farrell founded SWIZ—a harsher take on melodic hardcore released via Dischord’s sister-label Sammich and their own freshly-minted label Hellfire. Eight joined Swiz on bass in 1989 and remained until the band wrapped it up in 1990. By 1995, Farrell and Eight reconvened to immerse themselves in the angular post-hardcore stylings of BLUETIP, yet found enough juice to again tap Brown for the short-lived Swiz reboot, SWEETBELLY FREAKDOWN. Meanwhile, JOE GORELICK was living a parallel existence drumming in the band GARDEN VARIETY. A fortuitous string of circumstances led him down the Jersey turnpike straight into Bluetip’s empty drum chair. Although Gorelick did not record with the band, his prowess was nonetheless noted and cataloged for future missions—first in 2002 with Farrell in RETISONIC and now with Brown, Farrell, Jason and Eight in Red Hare. Red Hare are set to release their second album Little Acts of Destruction on May 11th through a joint effort with Dischord and their own label Hellfire. Like their debut Nites of Midnite (2013) and their stop-gap 7”, Lexicon Mist (2016), the album was recorded and mixed by longtime collaborator and friend J. ROBBINS. These 14 songs are a heady/hearty mix of the...

Red Hare

Lexicon Mist

Dischord

***On February 16th, Dischord and Hellfire records will release Lexicon Mist, a new 3-song 7" by RED HARE. This is the band's first release since its debut full-length, Nites of Midnite and it arrives as the group is completing work on its second album. The record contains two original songs and also a cover of the Lungfish composition, "Sphere of Influence." Red Hare is Shawn Brown (Swiz, Fury, and the original-and-current singer of Dag Nasty), Jason Farrell (Swiz, Bluetip), Dave Eight (Swiz, Bluetip), and Joe Gorelick (Garden Variety, Retisonic).

Red Hare

Nites Of Midnite

Hellfire / Dischord

***BACK IN STOCK WITH BLUE HARE COVER!!! "I just want to hear Shawn sing again…" A selfish thought, but not an isolated one. Through DAG NASTY, SWIZ and JESUS EATER, SHAWN BROWN’s unique voice has gained admiration from many followers of D.C. hardcore. And in voicing that selfish thought, his ex-bandmate, JASON FARRELL, triggered the inception of RED HARE—a new band that furthers the music Farrell, Brown, and bassist DAVE EIGHT began making more than twenty years ago in Swiz. With Red Hare, Shawn Brown, Jason Farrell and Dave Eight have reconvened to further explore the trajectory set by these previous bands. Rather than trying to replicate sonic bits of their lost youth, Red Hare remains open to change; the most prominent of which was the addition of JOE GORELICK. His post-hardcore-channeling-Keith-Moon approach to drums adds a lean and propulsive dynamic to the familiar voice and crunch. But Swiz: Mach III, it's not. The 23 years since that band split had not been spent in mothballs—BLUETIP, GARDEN VARIETY, Jesus Eater, and RETISONIC all thrived in the interim, each forging their own legacies. Though their sonic influence can be heard in Red Hare, the main unifying thread through all these bands is a shared expression of immediacy: A band voicing their concerns and reflecting their environment now. Not 23 years ago. Not 10 years ago. Now. The new album Nites of Midnite, mixed by J. ROBBINS (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), has found a fitting home in a split effort with Dischord Records...