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Lusitania - ‘Third Cassette’
Posted under: Lusitania is a self-described “desert black metal” band from Tempe, Arizona. Their latest release, Third Cassette, is a brutal collection of punk-faced black metal with distortion-saturated guitar blasts, white noise drum cadence, and plenty of guttural rasps and shrieks. Third Cassette is comprised of seven movements, I through VII, each subsequent vignette more powerful and haunting than the last. Prepare to have your brain melted and set ablaze by the fiery sounds of Lusitania!
Lusitania‘s Third Cassette is available now from Holy Page in both digital format and searing orange cassette tape.
Ba Babes - ‘Back From The Shred’
It’s been almost 2 years since Ba Babes, the bare bones garage rock duo from Jersey, unleashed their debut Hate The Beach EP. Well, the Ba Babes gritty fuzz blues have been beautifully packaged into a new collection of tracks titled Back From The Shred. This brown card stock encased “skate” tape is a wallop of buzzsaw guitar melodies, white-knuckled drum smacks, and intoxicated vocal scuzz all recorded at The Sack in Toms River, NJ. These songs are meant to be played loud and proud. So dust off that old Walkman or boombox and blast these 6 tracks with glorious reckless abandon.
You can download Back From The Shred right now for free… or grab yourself a totally gnarly tape from Panther People for only $4!
Rock, roll, live.
Perturbator - ‘Terror 404′
Perturbator‘s latest full-length “soundtrack” is getting me wild for the weekend. Terror 404 is a muscular beast with piston-pumping beats, eerie webs of slick synth, and first-rate dialogue samples…perfect for your latest Turbo-fueled mission into the urban desert city realms of your imagination to fight underground crime with kung-fu and mirror aviators.
You can grab Perturbator‘s Terror 404 for the low-low price of free now! If you dig, then hop on his latest sci-fi adventure Nocturne City EP… available now from Aphasia Records!
Sirs - ‘Sirs’
Sirs is a Purchase, NY based quartet with an arresting punk sound reminiscent of early 00′s post-hardcore warriors Bear vs. Shark and At The Drive-In. Their self-titled debut album is one for year-end list consideration—Sirs features a blinding array of metallic power chords, fist-pumping breaks, and raspy skyward shouts. The entire album’s genre-splintered punk feel has a gorgeous melodic underbelly and will certainly prompt a car headbanging session or two.
You can purchase Sirs’ debut album on vinyl for $11 from Topshelf Records now! So what are you waiting for? Do it now!
S U R F I N G - ‘Deep Fantasy’
S U R F I N G is an Australian electro-pop trio with a distinguished ability to craft sun-kissed analog pop nodders. Their debut full-length Deep Fantasy is overflowing with red-waxed slow rollers and Malibu-breezed sunset charmers, all of which contain a dark, introspective emotional core. The entire album is dripping with seduction… from the Patrick Nagel-inspired album art to the yacht-rock staple “Sailing” sampling, Deep Fantasy is immediately captivating. I’d recommend purchasing a tape for these final waning summer weeks, however, the limited edition run from Airlines Tapes has been sold out for some time—here’s hoping for a reissue! You can buy the album from the Airlines Tapes Bandcamp page for a measly $5… well worth it!