6/04/2025

We Contain Multitudes, the instrumental heavy psych-rock project from members of Bitch Magnet, release new single "Atkins"

WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES, AN INSTRUMENTAL HEAVY PSYCH-ROCK PROJECT FROM MEMBERS OF BITCH MAGNET, 

SHARE NEW SINGLE “ATKINS” – LISTEN


DEBUT ALBUM MINAKO ARRIVES JUNE 25 – PREORDER HERE



Today, We Contain Multitudes, the new heavy psych-rock instrumental trio consisting of ex-Bitch Magnet members Jon Fine (guitar, keyboards) and Orestes Morfín (drums) with Simon Kobayashi (bass), share their newest single, “Atkins.” The track comes from their debut record, Minako, which is due out June 25, 2025, via Expert Work Records. The album was recorded by Abe Seiferth and produced by Seiferth and the band. Of the new song, Fine said, “”Atkins” changed in the studio more than any of our other songs. The more we listened to it and thought about it, the more it suggested to us. Also, I’m kind of obsessed with songs whose endings are so elaborate that they’re basically songs in and of themselves."


LISTEN TO “ATKINS”



Jon and Orestes first played in a band together so long ago that they’d really rather not discuss it. It was in 1987 when Orestes joined Bitch Magnet. A signal American post-hardcore band of its era, Bitch Magnet released 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 his band smallgang opened for Bitch Magnet in London during that reunion tour. When Jon and Orestes decided to start We Contain Multitudes, they immediately thought of him 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 Coptic Light, and was a touring guitarist for Don Caballero for a bit. Orestes was in Walt MinkGod 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 from the likes of The New York TimesMen’s JournalThe Boston Globe, and The Atlantic. The book concludes with Jon deciding to retire from music after Bitch Magnet’s reunion tours. (He 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.) At times, Minako goes far deeper into psychedelic, repetitive, and minimalist/maximalist realms than anything these guys’ prior bands have done, nodding to bands like Pelican, King Crimson, late-era Black Flag, Explosions in the Sky, and The Fucking Champs. Minako will be available on vinyl as a limited pressing of 300 copies, with a very limited edition of 50 copies on orange vinyl. It’s a double album whose music is spread over three sides.


“When I’m playing music, I want to feel a real sense of abandon. As a writer, I spend all my time with words, so when I go to play music, I want to get away from them. You can get to different emotional nuances, more emotional extremes, without words…you can’t quite name it, but it’s really profound.”

–Jon Fine

WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES

MINAKO

EXPERT WORK RECORDS

Release Date: June 25, 2025



Tracklist:

Minako

Can We Just Not?

D9

We Are All Fucked

Bathroom Drugs

Jeitinho

Atkins


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