Friday, March 12, 2010

same-sex dictator

... the new band from Justin Straw of Tundra and Gods Among Men.

now Justin finds himself in the strangely named band Same-Sex Dictator.... this is probably the most accessible band that I've heard from this guy so far, the hardcore is still heavily mutated and there's a big psychedelic vibe to the six songs on this disc, but the jams are shorter, more concise than his previous bands, and the band belt out some killer hooks behind their burly prog-crust-noise rock.

It has a heavy prog influence, and reminds me of bands like Tarantula Hawk and Human Anomaly, like heavy crusty hardcore informed by Magma or something. But then there are deep death metal vocals, and skronky riffs a la Microwaves. Very interesting. Very heavy. ---- crucial blast

same-sex dictator

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