Square Zeros #5: Aileen Brophy (The Space Merchants, The Violent Against Themselves And Others)

Aileen Brophy plays bass and sings in The Space Merchants, a psychedelic four-piece from Brooklyn. She did her first recordings in a dorm basement during her freshman year of college at Harvard. Some of the Minor Threat-inspired tracks from those sweaty, angst-laden sessions get showcased in this episode. (Songs: "1000 Years Of Boredom" by The Space Merchants, "Identity Crisis," Rebel And React" and "Comeuppance" by The Violent Against Themselves And Others, and "Defeat Song" by The Space Merchants. Photo: The Space Merchants. Aileen Brophy, bottom left.)