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Debut LP from this post-punk / DIY pop band from Texas.
Our take: After several cassette releases (which the band compiled on a cassette compilation I wrote about a few weeks back) heres the debut vinyl from Texass Chronophage. While Chronophage has cleaned up their sound from those earlier tapes, they still play rough-hewn and loose pop music. Their recordings have a handmade quality that sounds like people playing together in a room, which stands in stark contrast to most punk rock I hear, which takes advantage of recording technology to sound as full and as a tight as possible. While Chronophage dont sound retro, that quality forces me to go back further for good reference points for their sound, whether its to UK groups like Swell Maps, Television Personalities, and O Level, or American stuff like Pavements earliest material. While the whole thing is an enjoyable listen, my ears perk up when unexpected sounds crop into the mix, like the gurgles of electronic noise that pepper between-track transitions, the trumpet on Racing, or the double-tracked chorus of Double Suicide. Recommended if you want to hear smart people making loose, raw, and earnest music.
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