Words: James Frostick Band image: Lewis Hodgson Cover art: Roland Hlavka
An assortment of musicians from underground hitters such as Cuntz, Exek, Ausmuteants and Spray Paint have converged to form Spiritual Mafia – a five-man unit that taps into a more primitive side of post-punk. In March the crew will release its debut album Alfresco via Anti Fade Records, but not before making pulses quicken with lead single ‘Body’ – a muscular slab of vigorous and vaguely malevolent chug that is propelled by a sense of primeval physicality.Continue reading Premiere: SPIRITUAL MAFIA – ‘BODY’→
Good news for fans of Melbourne-based proponents of post-punk-indebted gloom EXEK – the band has returned with news of a third LP. The record, entitled Some Beautiful Species Left, is dropping on September 6, and is a split release between France’s SDZ, Digital Regress in the USA, and Australia’s own Anti Fade Records. The record’s lead single ‘Unetiquetted’ is a slinky-and-irregular piece of outsider new-wave pop that hints towards a greater level of studio immersion.
Churning out discordant sound scapes and minimalist nightmarish scrawls, Exek are neither rock nor electronica but a twisted hybrid of both. This music is worth checking out for those who find solace in dank morasses.
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