peril and panic, by The Intima

peril and panic

by The Intima

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

$8 USD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
**first 50 orders gets PPM1 "The Intima" 7" (2001)"** PPM101. Black vinyl. Comes with large 22"x11" poster. Full color printed covers.

Includes unlimited streaming of peril and panic via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$23 USD or more

1.	Forest Into Desert 04:04	buy track
2.	Angular Walking 03:34	buy track
3.	New Roots 03:33	buy track
4.	Blue Coffins 04:37	buy track
5.	The New Savage 03:25	buy track
6.	From Exile 05:50	buy track
7.	Cult Of Culture 03:36	buy track
8.	Miles City 03:20	buy track
9.	Trouble Right Away 06:02	buy track

about

The Intima led a chameleon-like existence from 1999 to 2004, confounding critics who struggled to describe their distinctive sound while sharing stages with everyone from The Rapture to The Mekons. Hailing from Olympia and Portland, the postpunk quartet utilized sharp rhythms, prescient lyrics, and a collaborative compositional approach to conjure forth a sound that manages to be explosive yet detailed, experimental yet propulsive and melodic. Featuring a classically-trained violinist, custom-tuned guitars that careen at odd angles, and an imaginative and powerful rhythm section, the band explored the intersection of art-punk and agitpop with a spirit and tenor uniquely their own. In 2017, the Polish website More Noise summed up their sound by saying that “the first association that comes to mind is The Ex and the Dutch avant punk scene of the 1980s, but fans of the bands Dirty Three, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Unwound may also be intrigued.”

The group toured the States extensively during the 4+ years that they were active, including one grueling six-week tour undertaken just after 9/11 and another one in 2003 during which the US began bombing Iraq. The group's live sets are remembered for their combination of unbridled intensity and tightly-coiled musicianship, as well as their chaos potential, whether that chaos was performing in the middle of an illegal street party or causing a PA to burst into flames immediately preceding a headlining set by Deerhoof. A memorable show in DC with Q And Not U was mentioned by Dischord group Black Eyes in their Speaking In Tongues booklet last year, with Hugh McElroy describing the Intima as ”a really aggressively-beautiful and poetic punk band with a violin where a guitar normally would be…pushing genre barriers in a way that helped me see a vision of how we might want to do that ourselves.”

Peril and Panic was recorded in Olympia over eight months in 2002 and was released in 2003 on LP (Zum/Collective Jyrk) and CD (Slowdance). In 2022, in the midst of the pandemic, the group commissioned Jason Powers to remix the original tracks from the ground up, which turned into an 18-month endeavor that included some compositional edits, significant work to improve the sound of the drums, and the uncovering of unreleased songs. Today, a fully remixed and remastered Peril and Panic is finally being released into the wild sounding much closer to how it was originally meant to be heard. Sounding more relevant than ever, it seems increasingly clear that the ideas and feelings that informed both band and album are no longer so “radical” – if anything, they’ve become the zeitgeist of today, as a confluence of global crises points to a fraught future long predicted.

"pressure carried in the head/screws tightened deep into bone/nurturing the machine world/in the days of counting hours/freedom carried in the hand/but stifled in the mind/we’ve come to find impasses/and there is no turning back/forest into desert/air-conditioned nightmare"

credits

released October 18, 2024

Alex Neerman - drums
Themba Lewis - bass
Nora Danielson - violin, voice
Andrew Neerman - guitar, voice

Remixed by Jason Powers and The Intima, Portland 2022-2023
Remastered by Sarah Register

All tracks originally recorded at The Orchard House in Olympia, WA by Peter Randlette and Nick Martin in 2002, with engineering assistance from Brandon Eggleston
Originally released in 2003 by Collective Jyrk and Zum (LP), and Slowdance (CD)
Cover art by Themba Lewis.

license

subtotal
taxes calculated at checkout

about

The Intima Portland, Oregon

Instagram

contact / help

Contact The Intima

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Intima, you may also like:

Hunger for a Way Out
by Sweeping Promises

supported by 10 fans who also own “peril and panic”

You had me at Kleenex/LiLiPUT meets ESG Tom
go to album
Mandatory Enjoyment
by Dummy

supported by 7 fans who also own “peril and panic”

motorik sex muzak FraterOiram
go to album
Mating Surfaces
by Lithics

supported by 6 fans who also own “peril and panic”

amazing favorite track: when will i die Bradley from ruins kraft
go to album
Do You Like Salt?
by BRNDA

D.C. art punks BRNDA serve up whatever they want on "Do You Like Salt?" Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 25, 2021
go to album
EP
by Hawaiian T-Shirt

Discordant and danceable post-punk gems from an LA trio featuring bright and bouncy B-52s-style vocals. Instant like. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 27, 2017
go to album
The Red Rail
by Lindblom & Lindblom

Brothers Rickard and Robert Lindblom expand their angular approach to instrumental noise rock, working in kraut, jazz, and drone. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2021
go to album
On The Creekbeds On The Thrones
by XV

supported by 6 fans who also own “peril and panic”

saw you guys opening for bikini kill in detroit- instantly fell in love with your sound! definitely one of my new favs :) elibunny
go to album