In the 19th century, the word ‘monomania’ was used in the psychiatry world to define a “single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound mind.” The soundness of Child Bite’s collective ‘mind’ could be debated for ages. But, like all things in music, it depends on your definition of ‘sound.’
For our purposes here, Monomania is the namesake given to a hypnotizing new Child Bite record. When we say record, we don’t mean anything you would inherently picture when you think of a wax circle engraved with noise. We’re talking about a 10 inch, Slimer-green disk, clothed in a sleeve of audacious neons - depicting images of a lucid acid nightmare. This release, like everything Child Bite has ever done (or will ever do), is more than a release. It is an exhibition. It is made just for us, and they only want us to buy it so they can afford to make a-fucking-nother one.
This is Child Bite’s 4th appearance at Midwest Fest. (2008, 2009, 2010)
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