BIO

Photo by Tom Kaszuba - June 2017

BRC is a 2 piece band hailing from New London, CT; (Adam Wujtewicz: bass, vocals; Meghan Killimade: drums), and are centered around hypnotic doom and gloom riffing and sludgy shoe-gaze soundscapes.

The band started in 2008 with a vague idea of writing rock songs that didn’t involve guitar and has progressed and evolved into a fully formed heavy-psychedelic riff machine.

After about 4 years of sporadic shows and home recorded releases, BRC slowed their tempos and upped their dynamics to really find their sound. Moving from their punk-meets-blues beginnings and infusing hooks and choruses into a doom metal setting, they became heavier and noisier while still retaining a rock sensibility.

The shows started to pick up again in 2011 and songwriting progressed until they had crafted enough songs to record their first full length album. In October of 2012, BRC went into Sonelab studios in Easthampton, MA to record Red Over Red with Justin Pizzoferrato. The album, which was released January 2013, features 12 tracks that ran the gamut from noisy punk to full on stoner doom. 

Over the next 2 years of playing and promoting Red Over Red, BRC played shows throughout the northeast with the likes of Weedeater, Royal Thunder, Deville, Castle and Black Pyramid. The songwriting process showed the influence of playing with a heavier breed of band but still BRC maintained the alternative rock dynamics and the shape-shifting qualities from Red Over Red. 

Having honed in on a live setting and with 4 more lengthy songs written, BRC went back to Sonelab and Justin Pizzoferrato to record Fortunate Some in January 2015 and was released October 3, 2015. Focusing a great deal more on melody and heavy psychedelic exploration, Fortunate Some proves to be quite a big step in the BRC sound.

Photo by Sheree Sirpenski Photography 2015

"BRC is one of the gutsiest bands in the land. Whereas bass and drums are generally a starting point — a workmanlike foundation upon which decorative things are built — drummer Meghan Killimade and bassist/singer Adam Wujtewicz saw an end product. This would be a foolhardy venture for almost anyone else, but Killimade and Wujtewicz have the raw power and fearlessness to pull it off in grand style".

- Ben McCanna, Post Mortem (November 29, 2014)


"2 words: Awe Inspiring. Adam [bass/vocals] & Meghan [drums] have an undeniable chemistry and put on a live show that rivals any 5pc. dual guitar riff fest on the planet. Adam's brooding stage presence compliments Meghan's bombastic and passionate drumming perfectly. Their songs are heavy on hooks, flawless execution & fuzz. They are a lethal duo who I assume won't be a band that goes unrecognized nationally for very much longer."
-John Fadden, musician / guest writer Heavy Planet (July 8, 2014)
 

"Bedroom Rehab Corporation blast through with the power of a Force-5 hurricane. They take DNA samples from punk, metal and stoner rock, splice it with intriguing lyrical concepts, and take flight in unique fashion.For one thing, instead of a guitar/drums format, Killimade's carpet-bombs percussion is augmented by Wujtewicz's prowess on four-string bass. His mastery and creativity with a multi-effects pedal board is such, though, that the tonal possibilities far exceed the standard rhythm section construct - and this is a loud, howling and, at surprising and effective points in the course of an evening's set, almost delicate combination."
- Rick Koster & Peter Huoppi, The Day (March 9, 2012)


"The sounds produced between the pair is just exactly what each moment seems to call for, it's an obvious synergy of talent and mutual understanding, and the result is a battered, decaying wall of sound, that Adam and Meghan are standing confidently on, throwing loose bricks at your head."
- Christian Dyer, show-goer / reviewer (April 21, 2012)

(Read more quotes on our PRESS page here)

Photo by Tom Kaszuba - December 2016

Discography:
 
 
Fortunate Some
[EP] (October 3, 2015)
Recorded & mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab - Easthampton, MA
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering - Chicago, IL. 
Available digital/vinyl - transparent purple with gray haze
Self released


Red Over Red 
[Debut LP] (January 22, 2013)
A paranormal seafaring concept record
Available digital/CD/vinyl (available in black or limited edition of 50 transparent red)
Recorded & mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab - Easthampton, MA
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering - Chicago, IL.
Telegraph Recording Company

 
Don't Expect Too Much / The Point
[Single] (January 2011)
Home Studio Recording 
Telegraph Recording Company 

 
5 Nights in Jail / Down With The Ship
[Single] (January 2010)
Doom & gloom slide-bass blues version of the old Mississippi John Hurt classic
Home Studio Recording
Telegraph Recording Company 


Alter Your Spin 
[EP] (2009) 
5 songs
Home Studio Recording 
Self released

Awards: 

2016:

"Best Metal" 
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - June 11, 2016

"Best Music Video" (Hammer)
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - June 11, 2015

"Best Record / EP" (Fortunate Some)
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - June 11, 2016

"Best Metal EP / Single" (Fortunate Some)
Dandycast Radio Awards, greater New England - May 26, 2016

2015:

"Best Metal"
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - June 13, 2015


2014:

Nomination: "Best Metal"
(voted into top 5 for the state of CT - 2nd year)
Connecticut Music Awards, Hartford, CT - May 5, 2014

"Best Metal" 
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - June 7, 2014

2013: 

Nomination: "Best Metal"
(voted into top 5 for the state of CT)
Connecticut Music Awards, Hartford, CT - September 17, 2013

"Best Metal"
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - May 26, 2013

"Best Metal Performance" (Gone by the Boards)
The Whalie Awards, New London, CT - May 26, 2013

Photo by JJ Koczan / The Obelisk

Notable Bands we've shared bills with:

Ancient Wisdom (TX / Prosthetic Records)
Black Pyramid (MA)
Blackout (NY / Riding Easy Records) 
Castle (CA / Prosthetic Records)
Darker Half (Australia)
Death (Detroit Punk)
Deville (Sweden / Small Stone Records) 
Hollow Leg (FL / Last Anthem Records)
Obsidian Tongue (MA)
Royal Thunder (GA / Relapse Records)
Summoner (MA / Magnetic Eye Records)
Valkyrie (VA / Relapse Records)
WeedEater (NC / Southern Lord Records)
Worshipper (MA / Teepee Records) 

See all bands we've played with here. 

 
Notable festivals we've played:

Death to False Metal Fest (Hamden, CT - 2015)
RPM Fest (Greenfield, MA - 2014)
Keene Music Festival (Keene, NH - 2014)
I AM Festival (New London, CT - 2013)
Grand Band Slam (Hartford, CT - 2013)
Emerge Festival (Hartford, CT - 2013)

See all venues & festivals we've played here.