Small Black
Moon Killer
Jagjaguwar
2011
Rating: 7 moon rainbows out of 10
I'm pretty sure Small Black is the result of some kids wanting to start a Primal Scream cover band (early nineties material only), but then they got really into all the 4AD bands from the late eighties, specifically the Cocteau Twins, and decided to release a free record of these sounds where and got Heems from Das Racist to guest on it in a couple of spots. It's surprisingly good, even if it does wear it's influences boldly. I can't get over how much the new "hot" music sounds like that era though, with the tinny recordings and swirling guitars and vaguely dance-pop-but-still-rock songs that everyone and their brother was releasing between 1988 and 1991. All I pretty much wanted to listen to then was Slayer and DRI and Bolt Thrower, but I can dig it.
Grab the free album here - you could definitely do worse, and the price is right.
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