THE ANTI MOTHER has arrived--and NORMA JEAN wrestle her to the ground, with the most furious, and yet melodic, music of their career. For their fourth studio album, Atlanta-based post-hardcore heroes NORMA JEAN deliver a heavy and potent song cycle that looks at life squarely in the eye, from the opening track "Vipers, Snakes and Actors" to the closing "And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets."

The crushing, sonically adventurous 10 songs that comprise THE ANTI MOTHER easily mark an artistic and creative high point for NORMA JEAN. Before THE ANTI MOTHER hit the streets, the percussive-rich track "Robots 3 Humans 0" seized the prompt attention of NORMA JEAN's loyal following when it was posted on the group's MySpace page. And if the sound of CORY BRANDAN (lead vocals, guitars) stepping away from his trademark growl and embracing melody on the track raised more than a few eyebrows, the band--also consisting of SCOTTIE HENRY (guitars), JAKE SCHULTZ (bass), CHRIS DAY (guitars) and CHRIS RAINES (drums)--says it plans to continue evolving creatively.

Fortified by separate collaborations with Page Hamilton of Helmet (who befriended the band after an '06 L.A. gig) and Deftones frontman Chino Moreno (who NORMA JEAN also came to know after exchanging boxes of T-shirts and other gear on the road), THE ANTI MOTHER is unlike any other heavy music album of 2008.

Whether it's the aggressive, hardcore tack of "Self-Employed Chemist" the expansive and experimental "Discipline Your Daughters" or the intense guitar opus "And There Will Be A Swarm of Hornets"--replete with a breathtaking outro--NORMA JEAN crafts and delivers its music with conviction. And it willingly acknowledges Robinson's contribution to THE ANTI MOTHER's successful outcome.

So what was it like work with Page Hamilton on this new album?
He's awesome! Like hanging out with him, like 5 minutes into it its like "i've know this guy forever" he couldn't be a cooler nicer guy. not to mention that without helmet, we would not be a band.

Norma Jeans always had eye catching art work. Who comes up with that?
A lot of it is actually like we'll have ideas, then have somebody else do it and see what they come up with, then kinda work from there. We always just try to go for something interesting and eye catching with like a lot of action, even though its just a picture. On this new record, Steve Ash did it. he's one of our good friends. He's actually played percussion for us and designs a lot of our t-shirts, so we decided to go with him for this album.

You guys are constantly on tour. Does it ever get old?
Its all we know how to do, really. Every tour you get better at being on tour. By now we've nearly been doing it for 10 years. After like three weeks we start to get bored. Coming home is nice.

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