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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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The Conformists — Two Hundred Buy it at Amazon
Recorded by Shellac’s own Bob Weston, “Two Hundred” is an album that sounds like the b-sides from the recent Oxbow offering. The songs often feel almost off-kilter with sporadic time signatures that just don’t feel right. Vocally it’s very spoken word and then very screamy. Art rock is a mixed bag sometimes and you either like it, or throw it away. Spazz is much the same. The Conformists are both, somehow.
- J-Sin
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