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Spike in Vain Cleveland, Ohio
High priests of chromaticism and absurdity, 1982-1985 Cleveland. Vox, gtr, bass shared by Robert Griffin, Andrew Marec, and Chris Marec, with Bruce Allen (82-84) and Scott Pickering (84-85) on drums.
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One of my favorite punk records. I don't think it's possible to write guitar riffs that are a better aural equivalent to a middle finger
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This whole album is good but "Simple Cure" blew my mind the first time I heard this.
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a fantastic debut album. such smart songwriting and instrumentation
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A new EP from Bloomington, IN's Swan Wash explores present-day precarity through wiry, rhythm-forward darkwave.
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You had me at Kleenex/LiLiPUT meets ESG
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