Long Distance Poison was formed by Nathan Cearley and Erica Bradbury in 2009. Casey Block joined in 2010, initially playing guitar before switching to synthesizer. They made their debut in 2010 with a self-titled cassette issued by Fred Thomas' Life Like imprint. After receiving positive press, the group soon released tapes on several other labels, including Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace!, Digitalis, and Constellation Tatsu. Their first vinyl releases were one-sided 12" The Bog Nebula (Prison Tatt Records) and LP/DVD Signals to a Habitable Zone (Fin Records), both of which appeared in 2012. The following year, Fin released Gliese Translations, another LP/DVD which included remixes by McDowall and Steve Moore.
In 2014, LDP narrowed its focus and returned to the original duo of Cearley and Bradbury. Following several additional cassettes, LP Human Program was released by Deep Distance in 2015. The duo worked on an audio-visual installation project titled Rheomodes for the N.Y.C. art institution Printed Matter during the summer of 2016, and a cassette of the same name was released by Oxtail Recordings the following year. Knock Magh, LDP's second release for Chicago-based Hausu Mountain, appeared in 2018. Deep Distance issued the LP Astro Topoi later in the year. Another Hausu Mountain release, Technical Mentality, arrived in early 2020. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi