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Portland's synth-core outfit
Point Line Plane features singer/keyboardist Josh Blanchard, drummer Nathan Carson, and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Howard Gillam. Blanchard has also played with
the Sensualists, Mome Raths, and the Kremlin Bronx; Carson is a member of
Witch Mountain, and Gillam also performs as
Supersprite. The group began as a duo, with Blanchard and Carson's mix of no wave noise and old-school analog synths recalling bands like
Trans Am as well as
Numbers and Experimental Dental School, both whom have performed with
Point Line Plane. A split EP with the Planet The on Mountastic Records (also the home of
Witch Mountain) laid the groundwork for
Point Line Plane's full-length, self-titled debut, which arrived in summer 2003. Gillam joined the band during their tour supporting that album, and the band rounded out the year with a 7" on S-S Records and appearances on a Fort Hazel Magic compilation, and a Screamers tribute album from Xeroid/Extravertigo. With new member Gillam aboard,
Point Line Plane's Smoke Signals saw release on Skin Graft in Fall of 2004. ~ Heather Phares