“Sonic scrapbooks, audio montage, bedroom cuttings of riot girl and post-punk in all of their old and new iterations; this is the sound of black and white photocopied fanzines with frayed edges and still-hanging staples…”
UK
“Later than planned I took myself to the tunes and right here are the highlights of the evening. To all the bands that I missed, I apologise. I’ll leave a few links to you in the notable mentions…”
“Make the speakers work as hard as they absolutely have to at the high volume that Death Cult deserve…”
“We’re just two singles in and the metaphors are settling. And amongst them, a fine voice is finding its feet in a hunt for a centre and soul…”
“The pedigree of production shocks no one. This is a no loose-thread album. Constructed with absolute precision…”
Sun’s out, synths are shining, and summer’s salubrious sounds a-buzzin’ This is the best of June’s tunes and submissions.
“From United Simesky Institutes and Fritch (the creative side of Rats on the Run), comes a brand new collaboration. And this is the new debut single. Freshly released to the world…”
“It’s dusty, calamitous, messy. It’s full of atonal pinches and squalor. Noise detracts from the tightness, manic vocals hide the quips, its immaturity masks all its know-how…”
“Like Velvet Underground begat Lewsberg, like New York Dolls testube spawned Dick Venom, The Fall co-created Stuart Pearce. Never smarm-hate a band for their influences, love them for loving what your into…”
“With gluttonous, gratuitous, cooler than thou sleaze, these lost tapes and live shows show the best of them…”
