THE ESTRANGED - Static Thoughts LP Noiserock and has to rank as

and has to rank as one of the most brilliant British evocations of decay and dysfunction to appear in any art form

blaxploitation-styled wah-wah guitars and so

Closely aligned with Plagne's Moss Trumpet LP (released by Penultimate Press in 2018)

“We’re synthetic but not antiseptic

An attempt at the conceptual breadth of Rudimentary Peni's Cacophony fused with the lion-hearted pop of Frank Black's Teenager Of The Year

THE ESTRANGED - Static Thoughts LP Noiserock and has to rank asPortland post punk act the Estranged recalls the early 80s heyday of challenging, intelligent bands such as the Wipers, Wire, and Mission of Burma. Their album STATIC THOUGHTS thrives on the taut muscled tension to be heard in Joy Divisions sinewy rhythms and squalls of guitar. Dont They Know rides a penetrating bass line into spidery guitar webs; Exhibition is a moody, downbeat ripper similar to recent material from Hot Snakes. With a tightrope