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Fashions and fads come and go. Music goes round in continuous circles in much the same way and usually mirroring the fashions or vice versa. As we are all too aware, the 80's are the flavour of fashion and music at the moment, that is a terrible and frightening when we have bands aping the worst parts of new wave and new romantic sounds. They were terrible the first time round! However, there is a great deal of pioneering music that was forged in the very early 80's, namely dark brooding alternative and electro flavoured Gothic rock that sprung forth from the ashes of new wave.
Enter New York's three piece Apocalypse, No! comprising of Robert Gray, Mike Cannon, and Townsend Smith have taken the best bits of this forgotten genre, twisted it, reverberated it and freshened the whole movement causing a modern aural 'Danse Macabre' if you will.
This new release, Surefire EP has the dark brooding charm of The Cult at their peak while the bass lines have pure Joy Division/New Order low slung feel written all over them (you can almost hear the Hooky stage stance!) Title track 'Surefire' and second offering 'Last Mistake' transport a mind to dingy bleak British basement gigs, black trench coats and eyelinered boys. 'Reason' and final track 'Nadir' turn up the guitar riffs, a metallic noise that echoes Siouxsie and the Banshees in their finest hours. All the while that bass throbs behind topped with a drawling semi-pained voice, sounding not unlike a mutation of Ian Astbury/Ian Curtis/Wayne Hussy.
The sound that is produced throughout this four track offering, is not a blatant mirroring of the scene more a homage to the some of the best Goth-rock/alternative pioneers. The production is deliberately Lo-Fi, drenched in echoed reverb and muted vocals, and all the better for it.
It's hard tracking down much info on the guys themselves save for a facebook account http://www.facebook.com/apocalypsenomusic/info and their bandcamp Surefire EP | Apocalypse, No!. A little mystery is welcome respite in these times of ever present 'updates' though.
Apocalypse, No! - Surefire EP is out now via Bandcamp.
Enter New York's three piece Apocalypse, No! comprising of Robert Gray, Mike Cannon, and Townsend Smith have taken the best bits of this forgotten genre, twisted it, reverberated it and freshened the whole movement causing a modern aural 'Danse Macabre' if you will.
LISTEN // Surefire EP
This new release, Surefire EP has the dark brooding charm of The Cult at their peak while the bass lines have pure Joy Division/New Order low slung feel written all over them (you can almost hear the Hooky stage stance!) Title track 'Surefire' and second offering 'Last Mistake' transport a mind to dingy bleak British basement gigs, black trench coats and eyelinered boys. 'Reason' and final track 'Nadir' turn up the guitar riffs, a metallic noise that echoes Siouxsie and the Banshees in their finest hours. All the while that bass throbs behind topped with a drawling semi-pained voice, sounding not unlike a mutation of Ian Astbury/Ian Curtis/Wayne Hussy.
The sound that is produced throughout this four track offering, is not a blatant mirroring of the scene more a homage to the some of the best Goth-rock/alternative pioneers. The production is deliberately Lo-Fi, drenched in echoed reverb and muted vocals, and all the better for it.
It's hard tracking down much info on the guys themselves save for a facebook account http://www.facebook.com/apocalypsenomusic/info and their bandcamp Surefire EP | Apocalypse, No!. A little mystery is welcome respite in these times of ever present 'updates' though.
Apocalypse, No! - Surefire EP is out now via Bandcamp.
