We Contain Multitudes- Minako

$0.00 - $40.00

We Contain Multitudes- Minako

$0.00 - $40.00

NOTE THIS IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL SHIP AROUND JUNE 25th.

New York, Tucson, London.

We Contain Multitudes is a new band featuring Jon Fine (Ex- Bitch Magnet, Vineland, Don Caballero), Orestes Morfin (Ex-Bitch Magnet, Bored Spies, God Rifle, Walt Mink) and Simon Kobayashi (Smallgang, Hurtling, Splintered Man).

releases June 25, 2025

We Contain Multitudes is:

Jon Fine - guitar, keyboards when necessary
Simon Kobayashi: bass
Orestes Morfín: drums

We Contain Multitudes, an instrumental trio, formed in 2017, which means it’s taken a very long time for them to, you know, actually release a record. But Jon lives in New York, Orestes lives in Tucson, and Simon lives in London. Also there was this whole Covid thing, which made getting together in the same room to play music rather complex for a while.

Anyway. Their debut record, Minako, which was recorded by Abe Seiferth and produced by Seiferth and the band, will be released on June 25, 2025, by Expert Work Records. A very limited edition of 50 copies are on orange vinyl.

We Contain Multitudes is heavy and intricate. At times, the album goes far deeper into psychedelic, repetitive, and minimal/maximalist realms than anything these guys’ prior bands (and more on them in a moment) have done.

Jon and Orestes first played in a band so long ago that they’d really rather not discuss it. OK, fine, you win, it was 1987, when Orestes joined Bitch Magnet. Bitch Magnet became a signal American post-hardcore band of its era, put out three albums, and toured the US and Europe before breaking up in late 1990. Its records were reissued in 2011 by Temporary Residence, and the band reunited for tours of the US, Asia, and Europe—including an appearance at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival— in 2011 and 2012.

Jon and Orestes met Simon when Simon’s band smallgang opened for Bitch Magnet in London during said reunion tour. When Jon and Orestes decided to start a new band, they immediately thought of Simon for bass, largely because, based on that one show, they understood at once that he is a substantially better guitarist than Jon.

Simon also plays in the British band Hurtling. Jon was in Vineland, and was a touring guitarist for Don Caballero for a bit. Orestes was in Walt Mink, God Rifle, and Bored Spies. Also, Spin once named Orestes as the 50th-greatest drummer in alternative music, a ranking that—as anyone who has heard Orestes play understands—is far too low.

Jon is also the author of the punk rock memoir Your Band Sucks, which was published by Penguin in 2015 and won critical acclaim in outlets ranging from The New York Times to Men’s Journal to the Boston Globe to The Atlantic to the Philippine Star. Your Band Sucks concludes with Jon deciding to retire from music at the conclusion of Bitch Magnet’s reunion tours, and to not pursue a new band he’d been discussing with Orestes.

(Jon changed his mind.)

Minako, pronounced mih-NAH-ko, is a Japanese name that means ‘beautiful child.’ The album is at least partly named for the city-pop vocalist Minako Yoshida. (Simon, whose father is Japanese, came up with it.)

Recommended if you like: Pelican, Russian Circles, This Will Destroy You, Explosions in the Sky, Isis, Neurosis, Sumac, King Crimson, Mouth of the Architect, Amenra, Red Sparowes, Cult of Luna, The Fucking Champs, Steely Dan, Caspar Brotzmann Massaker, Gone and instrumental Black Flag.

All songs by We Contain Multitudes except for "Atkins" by We Contain Multitudes and Abe Seiferth

Produced by Abe Seiferth and We Contain Multitudes

Recorded and Mixed by Abe Seiferth October 2023-June 2024 at Studio G (Brooklyn, NY), Euphoria Studios (New York, NY) and Transmitter Park Studio (Brooklyn, NY).

Engineering at Studio G by Hayden Ticehurst and Meredith Okamoto

Mastered by Bob Weston

Artwork by Adam Fuchs

Pressing Information

-50 copies on burnt orange (2xLP)
-250 copies on black (2xLP)

Pressed at Smashed Plastic in Chicago, IL