Some records refuse to stay buried. Portland synth-punk duo Point Line Plane’s self-titled debut, originally co-released on CD by Xeroid Records and Sincere Brutality and out of print for over two decades, has been unearthed, radically restored, and remastered by SKiN GRAFT Records. As of May 29th, 2026, it is finally receiving its first-ever vinyl and digital release, alongside a new remastered CD featuring the exclusive bonus track “Descender 2003.”

Between 2002 and 2005, vocalist/keyboardist Joshua Blanchard (Major Hex) and drummer Nathan Carson (Witch Mountain) tore through roughly 150 shows across the US, honing an almost telepathic live language in blistering 20-minute sets. By the time they powered down, they had two studio albums, a documentary film score about haunted houses, and a scattered trail of comp tracks and singles to their name. Critics tried, and largely failed, to pin them down; comparisons to Liars, Ex-Models, and Lightning Bolt were tossed around, but reviewers usually resorted to metaphor because the actual sound, noise music built on genuine pop hooks, kept slipping the net.

The reissue is a proper love letter to that era. The first pressing lands on 8-bit blue vinyl with a double-sided “Footlong” OBI featuring artwork by original designer E*Rock, and the Bandcamp Ultimate Edition Bundle pairs the LP, OBI, and digipack CD (with bonus track) at a discounted price. Copies of the band’s SKiN GRAFT debut and sophomore LP “Smoke Signals” are lurking in the shop too, in case you want the full arc from feral 20-minute-set duo to the trio-era, drone-drenched, paranoia-soaked deep cuts.

And there’s video. Back in 2003, cover artist E*Rock (Eric Mast) shot a music video for the album’s opener “Death Dance 2000” that was believed lost for good. It has since been recovered and re-rendered in high definition. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Point+Line+Plane+Death+Dance+2000+SKiN+GRAFT

Press has always struggled, and delighted, in the struggle to describe them. Alternative Press called it “dance grooves, near-ambient soundscapes, synapse-frying noise hooliganism and near-prog workouts.” Fader dubbed it “a soundtrack for urban paranoia.” The Village Voice, apparently under duress, went with “post-industrial prog-drone indie-rock goth-punk techno-metal.” The Wire, ever generous, placed them “somewhere between Suicide and the current crop of No Wave/New Wave artfop engineers,” concluding that they manage to be “evil and edgy, while being very stupid at the same time. This is a pretty hip trick.” It is, still.

Even better, the duo is playing shows again. After a first run of reunion dates earlier this spring, Point Line Plane is heading back out with fellow reformed SKiN GRAFT alumni Dazzling Killmen, capping the tour with an appearance at Minneapolis’s Caterwaul Festival closing night.

Upcoming Dates:
Fri 6/5/26 – Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village (with BIG’N!)
Sat 6/6/26 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Sun 6/7/26 – Minneapolis, MN – Caterwaul Fest

Twenty-two years is a long time to sit on a debut, but the restored “Point Line Plane” LP sounds less like a nostalgia exercise and more like a signal that finally got through. Grab the vinyl, cue up “Death Dance 2000,” and see what the college radio DJs of 2004 were losing their minds about.