Written by: Dave Cantrell

On the brink of a debut album (Full Moon in Vertigo, released October 16th) that’s been simmering with promise for months now – while also being subjected to the edits and adjustments one would expect from a band whose progress as artists is moving at warp speed – LA post-punk trio Dignitary present a final and, as it turns out, a most fevered addition to what SEM suspects is going to be a burner of a record. While there’s plenty to say about this band, we’re going to wait until we have the entire LP in our clammy journalists’ grasp before regaling you with any such glories. For the moment, we’d much prefer to do what’s generally best and that’s let the music speak for itself. Ponderous but sharp, ominous but glowingly human, dark as dark gets even as it inspires the hell out of us, “Behind Distress,” rather surprisingly, turns out to be a great place to start from. Oh, and the timing of this premier couldn’t be more propitious, either, as Dignitary are actually in the air as these words are being typed, jetting their way to New York for a whirlwind series of dates with fellow Angelenos Electric West, a truly, well, electrifying prospect that finds us out here on the West Coast finally jealous of the post-punk riches awaiting our NYC friends. Don’t blow it, guys. In the meantime, “Behind Distress”…

More band info here, pre-order Full Moon in Vertigo here.