Requesting Permission To Land is part two of the Volume audio trilogy (part one is the 1998 seven-inch Check This Planet I`m Gone... on SuperKool Records). The third and final part of the trilogy will be the full-length album the band is currently working on (to be released on Madroad Records in 2003). Requesting was recorded with Mike McHugh (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Train, Rocket From The Crypt) and co-produced by Patrick Brink. " We wanted a real home grown sound so everything was recorded on two-inch and mixed down to 1/4 inch two-track" Brink explains. "This is rock `n` roll, not brain surgery, so we tried to do everything in as few takes as possible � Mike was really, really good to work with" Brink enthuses. The album was recorded at The Distillery in Costa Mesa, CA.

Main songwriter and vocalist Patrick Brink grew up in 29 Palms, just outside of Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert. 29 Palms has a total population of less than 7,000. Both the isolation and setting greatly influenced Brink. "Making music was never about what the other people/bands were doing" Brink comments. "Because" he continues "there were no other local bands at the time, and to hear any decent type of music you had to mail order stuff. Half the time I didn`t know what I was buying--if it had a strange or cool sounding name I would order it. So we were making it up as we went along." Once Brink moved to the nearby urban sprawl of Orange County he began to sing for Fu Manchu. When he left that band he decided to form Volume.

Requesting features Scott Reeder (Fu Manchu, Smile) on drums. Shortly after the album was recorded Tom "Oz" Owsley joined as permanent drummer. Owsley brings his experience with infamous punk band The Sluts (toured with Black Flag, Minutemen) and Red Rockers to the band. Long term Volume member, Jay Christensen and new bass player, Cas (previously in Tummler) round out the line-up.

Press has praised Volume`s distorted brand of drug-damaged space rock stylings. A writer for a university paper in Australia enthuses �Requesting Permission To Land is the ultimate in acid-induced, ear-shattering heavy psychedelia.� HellRide.com notes "Also, kudos to ex-Smile and current Fu Manchu skin slammer Scott Reeder for some very Keith Moon-ian drum work on Requesting Permission To Land." Roadburn.com sums it up explaining "The thing I really like about Volume is the use of vibe as a main part of their songwriting. Each song on `RPTL` is a fucked up head swim that can be likened to either 50`s sci-fi B-movies or 60`s LSD-gatherings."

Volume are Patrick Brink on guitar and vocals, Jay Christensen on lead guitar, Tom "Oz" Owsley on drums and Cas on bass. The five tracks on the EP are 1. "Habit," 2. "Collossalfreak Major," 3. "Don`t Look Around" (a Mountain cover), 4. "Makebelieve," and 5. "Headswim."

Volume play dates (all dates may be subject to change)

Fri., 10/18 Liquid Den Huntington Beach, CA

Tue., 10/29 Garage (w/ Fatso Jetson, Totimoshi) Hollywood, CA

Thur., 11/7 Liquid Den (w/ Slowhorse) Huntington Beach, CA

Sat., 11/9 SHOD festival Mesa, AZ

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