CROOKED BANGS - II LP goth Paint It Black and Strand

Paint It Black and Strand Of Oaks

Denovali Swingfest (DE)

Soul Jazz Records' new Punk 45 release documents the first radical underground punk bands to come out of France including Metal Urbain (the first group ever to be signed to Rough Trade Records)

composed and captured with mesmerising attention to detail

Defcon 5 4 3 2 1 is here now with a striking validity that the band is unquestionably as both tuneful and energetic as they ever have been

CROOKED BANGS - II LP goth Paint It Black and StrandIncludes d l code. Highly recommended. II, the second full length from Austin, Texas trio Crooked Bangs, shuns the warmth of the sun in favour of a cold, disparate world in itself that begs to be misjudged and mislabeled. The album is an altogether unsettlingand at times puzzlingwitches brew of searing primal sounds, discordant genre shifts, and also focused, practically poppy arrangements and vocal lines. Singer Bassist Leda Ginestras voice is a