Orthrelm's Mick Barr Teams With Hella's Zach Hill

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Still here? OK good, now we can tell you remaining brave souls about Shred Earthship, the sure-to-be-batshit-insane collaboration between veteran shredder Mick Barr of Orthrelm and veteran pounder Zach Hill of Hella.

The album will come out May 9 on 5RC and a Barr/Hill tour should commence later this spring. Barr's carpel tunnel seems to have healed ("Hands are okay" says the MySpace page for Barr's solo project, Ocrilim). Which sounds like good news to us. Bad news for your brain.

Shred Earthship:

01 Lakes in Space
02 Desert Glass Bubbles
03 Tire Bracelets for Coffin Life
04 Floats
05 North Pyramid Faceoff
06 Parallel Patchwork Abduction
07 China Temple
08 Note Swarm, Hive Builders
09 Bellhopper's Tongue
10 Immortal Blood Specks
11 Closed Coffin Curtains
12 Hairgrowth Speed
13 Cat Barrels
14 Relics of Religiousness
15 Wheatfield Paranoia/Molecular Streams
16 Headdresses in the Dya of Nathan
17 Dark Sea Clouds/Shaking Basket Weaver
18 Undeveloped Piles
19 Nerve Mathematics

As previously reported, Mick Barr's Ocrilim album, Anoint comes out May 23 on I & Ear Records. He's got a few solo shows scheduled as well, with more to come in June:

Ocrilim dates:

05-18 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *#
05-19 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge *$
05-20 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern *
05-21 Sacramento, CA - Fools Foundation *

* with Excepter
# with Slim Moon and What Army
$ with the Punks

Orthrelm: http://www.millionraces.com/orthrelm.htm
Hella: http://www.hellaband.com/
Ocrilim: http://ocrilim.com/
5RC: http://www.5rc.com/
Ipecac: http://www.ipecac.com/
I & Ear: http://www.ierecs.com/