Dig Out The Switch
by Dazzling Killmen
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumUlt-Ed: First pressing comes on Serpentarium GREEN colored vinyl + Double Sided Foot-Long OBI + Lyric Sheet + MOD CD in Digipak-Lite Packaging + Digital Download
Includes unlimited streaming of Dig Out The Switch via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 5 daysPurchasable with gift card$33.85 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumIncludes unlimited streaming of Dig Out The Switch via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 5 daysPurchasable with gift card
$24.85 USD or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumMOD replicated CD in Six-Panel Digipak Lite packaging
Includes unlimited streaming of Dig Out The Switch via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 5 daysPurchasable with gift card$12.85 USD or more
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
$8.75 USD or more
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Serpentarium
02:38
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Dig The Hole
02:09
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Captain Is Dead
02:24
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Bottom Feeder
02:13
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Here Comes Mr. Big Face
03:12
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Spiral Mirror
02:01
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Reactor
00:58
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No
02:00
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Premonition
01:49
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Torture
03:43
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Ghost Limb
04:25
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Numb
03:49
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Code Blue
12:24
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about
There’s more space here than on 1994’s genre-defining “Face of Collapse” - longer silences, stranger structures - but the DNA is unmistakable. Darin Gray’s bass anchors the chaos with geometric slabs of melody. Blake Fleming’s drumming rolls and twitches like an oncoming panic attack. And Nick Sakes’ guitar is pure sheets-of-sound clanging - the perfect foil to the vocal cords he pushes past the pain threshold on tracks like “Serpentarium” and “Bottom Feeder.” The rhythm section’s jazz schooling is evident, but thanks to Sakes’ untrained attack, so is the post-punk impulse to destroy what you’ve just built.
Fully remastered and repackaged, this edition of “Dig Out the Switch” brings a landmark album back into focus - restoring the tension, grime, and urgency that influenced a generation of math rock, noise, and experimental hardcore acts to come.
Essential for fans of Craw, Shellac, Blind Idiot God, and the parts of your record collection you don’t show to strangers.
- AARON BURGESS / June 2025
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KEY POINTS & HIGHLIGHTS:
- Out of print and unavailable for over a quarter century, this first-ever SKiN GRAFT Records edition has been newly remastered and is being offered digitally for the first time ever.
- Vinyl pressed on Serpentarium Green Colored vinyl and includes a collectible “Footlong” OBI and insert with lyrics and previously unseen artwork and photos.
- Ultimate Edition Bundle and MOD CD in Digipak Lite packaging available exclusively from SKiN GRAFT Records and direct from the band.
- Engineered by Steve Albini (Shellac) and produced by Jeff Tweedy (Wilco).
- Members went on to play in bands such as The MARS VOLTA, TWEEDY and UPRIGHT FORMS.
- DAZZLING KILLMEN have re-formed and will be playing select dates across the USA and Europe.
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PRESS QUOTES:
“Helped usher in a myriad of movements, including math-rock, math-metal and prog-core, all the while defying classification.” – CLRVYNT
“This keyed-up debut shows a band dynamically stretching themselves, battering tunes to the brink. They ceaselessly spit scat-jazz and hardcore sparks, with demented drumming backing artful guitar manoeuvres…” - NME
“A collective personal hell set to tape.” – Trouser Press
credits
LINE UP:
Nick Sakes: Vocals, Guitar
Darin Gray: Electric Bass
Blake Fleming: Drums
Produced by Jeff Tweedy
Recorded by Steve Albini, April 1992 in Chicago, Illinois
Remastered by Andris Balins and Blake Fleming, March 2025 in Oneonta, New York
Cover Painting and Drawings by Miles Rutlin
Photos by Mark Buckheit
Design by Mark Fischer
Dedicated to the memory of Miles Rutlin
© and ℗ 1992, 2025 DAZZLING KILLMEN / SKiN GRAFT Records
catalog # GR166-digital
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Sep 2025
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Jun 2022
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Jul 1996
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Mar 1994
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Feb 1993
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Nov 1991
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