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Estranged, The - s/t

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Fastnbulbous Not so much angular UK post-punk, and more hard-edged garage rock along the lines of the latest from The New Christs and Hits I recently raved about. The band has tightened up, and while there is still some rawness in the guitar sound, the playing is cleaner and more focused, with an extra layer of complexity that lends to more rewarding repeat listens. Keith Testerman’s drumming is relentlessly propulsive like Anton Fier’s work in The Feelies. | fastnbulbous.com/post-punk-rundown/ Favorite track: Forever Been Erased.

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1.	Forever Been Erased 03:19	buy track
2.	Fatalist Flaw 03:52	buy track
3.	Hide 03:22	buy track
4.	Languid Sky 04:40	buy track
5.	Mark Of Sin 03:46	buy track
6.	Over And Over 04:22	buy track
7.	Play For Keeps 04:10	buy track
8.	Another Stab 03:45	buy track
9.	The Ride 04:56	buy track

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The Estranged return with their 3rd (4th, if you count the singles comp LP) album for Dirtnap.

Continuing in The Estranged's tradition of mutating and evolving with each subsequent release, the new album is an epic, sprawling masterpiece of tense, ominous angst-ridden postpunk.

They’ve heavily toned down both the Wipers influence of the 1st album and the blatant death-rock vibe of the 2nd. Instead, this one finds the band establishing a streamlined, punchier sound that both rocks a little harder than the last album, while retaining some of the textured soundscape feel which fans of that record have come to expect.

The influences on their newest album range from the Cure to Echo & the Bunnymen to The Troggs to The Chameleons. Lyrically, they have more of an ambiguous angst ridden approach, musically showing the bands continued maturity in their song writing and recording process.

The first pressing of 1000 LPs are packaged in ultra-heavy “tip-on” style jacket and inner sleeves. Subsequent pressings will come in regular jacket/sleeves. All copies come with a coupon for a 320 kps Mp3 download.

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released May 27, 2014

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