STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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October 27, 2010

Grave Babies – “Gouge Your Eyes Out” b/w “Traumatic Visions” 7” (Skrot Up)

Noisy as all hell and clearly not from these parts, the B-side is Sisters of Mercy-style goth-pop hooks suffocated by tons of aural garbage. A-side is less sludgy with discernable lyrics; something that had me leaning towards its opposing side as the favorite, but the melody used in the only-so-slightly-less sparse “Gouge Your Eyes Out” is a killer, so both win. Too messy for the common rube’s idea of “minimal synth” or “coldwave” … and too catchy, for that matter, Grave Babies (one dude) will nonetheless be lumped in with the aforementioned future landfill content. That is, until this guy tries to distance this project from that brief party when the world stops caring, and that should have happened about nine months ago. (http://skrotup.blogspot.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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