We may have missed Damage Mécanique, the thrilling and intriguing sixth album from Diminished Men, when it came out last year, but we now have it have it on constant rotation. Damage Mécanique, as the press release describes, draws “from elements of film noir, psychedelic exotica, experimental rock, deviant surf and musique concrète.
Earlier this year, the Seattle band released a video to accompany the wild, cosmic and propulsive album opener ‘Double Vision’ and it’s clear we were missing out on this record. Check out the video below.

Photo: Frank Schmitt

Following the stunning and enigmatic ‘Oistros Dolorous’, Seattle’s Diminished Men have shared ‘Kudzu Mine’, a new cut from their forthcoming third album Vision In Crime. Featuring guest saxophonists Skerik Welch (Critters Buggin, Wayne Horvitz) and Neil Welch (Bad Luck, King Tears Bat Trip), ‘Kudzu Mine’ is even more tenebrous, mysterious and fierce, and “highly symptomatic of their sinister avant jazz correlations”, as the press release describes, naming it as a “highlight on an album that takes the listener on a frantic midnight ride on the wrong side of the tracks…”. Take a listen to ‘Kudzu Mine’ now.

Vision In Crime is out on March 4th via Abduction Records.

Welcome to 2016. We’re kicking the year off big, with Seattle based trio Diminished Men, consisting of Steve Schmitt on guitars, Simon Henneman on bass and drummer Dave Abramson, who is also a member of Master Musicians of Bukkake and has collaborated with Eyvind Kang, Secret Chiefs 3, Climax Golden Twins and Grails, to name but a few.
Comes February 26th, the band will release their third album, Vision In Crime, via Sun City Girl’s label Abduction Records. The album “unfolds like a paranormal detective story full of delinquent exotica, deranged noir, hyperventilating surf, and shortwave radio nightmares”, says the press release. It continues to describe the album as “a feature length escapade that sidewinds through jazz and soundtrack territories, as well as the outer reaches of the experimental satellite genres, retaining the unmistakeable character of the band so far, while also evoking a premonition more sinister than ever before”.

Ahead of its release, Diminished Men have shared the stunning and enigmatic Aegean Sea inspired ‘Oistros Dolorous’. It calls for repeated listens and leave us salivating for more.