Inn
Introducing Oakland’s Inn, from left, Jason Hendardy & Mike Stillman; press photo.
You already know Jason Hendardy & Mike Stillman from the Bay Area’s premiere dream weavers Permanent Collection who have sadly retired their beloved dream machine to make for new notes of blisteringly beautiful distortion designed with destinies of extreme purpose. Presenting the grand unveiling of their instant classic Vacancy EP recorded, mixed & co-produced by the maven of noise Monte Vallier & masted by Carl Saff. Hendardy & Stillman turn all the dials way up while at the same time not compromising on the quality of their terse melodic arrangements.
Right from the get-go of the slammed open dog racing gates, Inn kick the action into the high gear of “Here Today” that trades the permanent notions for embracing the anarchy of the temporal. The thrilling overclocked motor-like revs of “Let Up” is a track that does not let up for anything, completely pulverising you into the sweetest smiles of submission. The entire three song cycle draws to a premature close (that only keeps you wanting to hear more of that insane guitar roar that Jason & Mike unleash with everything they have) with “Waste Your Time” that finds Inn repeating that they “don’t wanna waste your time” while doing anything but waste anyone’s time as a kind of tongue in cheek gesture to the super succinct nature of the Vacancy EP. And just as those glorious nine minutes and twelve seconds draw to a close, Inn provides the continental breakfast that keeps you craving an epic brunch from the duo. Jason provided the following introductory words on the formation of Inn:
We don’t have too much of a mission statement other than two guys who never moved out of the bay area making music about growing up and living in the bay area, listening to too much Husker Du, Jawbreaker, Teenage Fanclub, Hickey, and Icky Boyfriends. Inn just seemed like a fitting name because we kind of hole up in a room with no windows to make music.
