Blasted Canyons
Blasted Canyons
Castle Face
2011
Rating: 7 ice cream men out of 10
Synth punk - most of it is shiny music featuring members wearing vinyl clothing and aggressive make-up, and then there's Blasted Canyons. This is dirty, lo-fi synth punk, an band you'd expect to hear play in your friends basement assuming they could find enough outlets for their keyboards and other instruments. It's pretty fuzzed out and sloppy, but damn enjoyable. I read somewhere else a comparison to Lost Sounds, one of Jay Reatards many bands, and that seems like a fair mention. Blasted Canyons are a little poppier and/or light-hearted than Lost Sounds, but they have basically the same feel. Apparently this group started as a joke and that is reflected in some of the song titles - "I Know A Dude", "Three Synths One Cup", "Lasers vs. Lizards", and more - but this isn't novelty rock or comedy rock or any of that. It's just a distorted, synthy good time.
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