Fashion Week Releasing New LP "Prêt-à-Porter"

French noise rock specialists Solar Flare Records today confirmed the impending Winter release of the new LP from long-running NYC-based power trio, Fashion Week. Entitled "Prêt-à-Porter," the album will be unveiled on digital and vinyl formats this coming February 23rd, 2015.

Fashion Week was formed by singer/guitarist Joshua Lozano and bassist Oscar Rodriguez in Brooklyn, New York in 1987, and over the years went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Carl Eklof, who joined the band in 1990, after the disbanding of DC hardcore icons Shout.

In the late '80s, Fashion Week established itself as part of the New York noise scene, releasing its first album, "Clorox," through the independent record label Under Pop in 1989. The band eventually came to develop a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between pummeling verses and loud, catchy choruses. After signing to major label David Muffin Records, Fashion Week found unexpected success with "Smells Like Old Spice," the first single from the band's second album "Fuhgeddaboudit", released in 1991. The band's third studio album, "In Uterus," was released in 1993, and challenged the group's audience, featuring an abrasive, less-mainstream sound.

Fashion Week's brief run ended following the death of Josh Lozano in 1994, but various posthumous releases have been issued since, overseen by Rodriguez, Eklof, and Lozano's widow, Catherine Lust.

Fashion Week is Josh Lozano (Jarboe, Cobalt, Family), Carl Eklof (Victory at Sea, Lidia Stone, Inswarm) and Oscar Albis Rodriguez (A Great Big World, No Way, Nakatomi Plaza). The "Prêt-à-Porter" track listing is as follows:

1. Fendi Bender
2. Chorusace
3. Meek Is Miznabble
4. Summer Line
5. Fur Free Friday
6. Klosstrophobia
7. "FASHION"=~S/(\$)/COLLAPSE/GSO;
8. Haute Topic

See the band live on these dates:

2/06/2015 Beerland - Austin, TX
2/07/2015 Chekcpoint Charlie's - New Orleans, LA
2/08/2015 Gene's Lounge - Pensacola, FL
2/09/2015 Caledonia - Athens, GA
2/10/2015 Copper Top - Huntsville, AL
2/11/2015 Eisenhouser - Murfeesboro, TN
2/12/2015 Springwater - Nashville, TN
2/13/2015 M.F. Metal Music - Little Rock, AR
2/15/2015 The Yeti - Tulsa, OK