Amorine Queen * by 18th Dye (Vinyl, 2008)

Crunchy Frog

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18th Dye

Vinyl

2008

Amorine Queen *

LP

Alternative, Rock

USA

Returning from a near-decade hiatus, cult-fave German/Danish dronemeisters 18th Dye do more than replicate their Sonic Youth leanings of yore on AMORINE QUEENS. Indisputable touches of late-period Clash (check the Mick Jones riff that opens "Go 'n' Go") and even late-'70s Fleetwod Mac (note the surprising, somewhat deconstructed emulation of "Tusk"'s arrangements on "Big Sky") find their way in between bass-driven punk dirges ("Is") and more familiarly angular fuzz fests ("Text Is My Killer"). Both violent and sweet, delicate and abrasive (thanks in large part to a seductive female-vocal presence), if not always reinventing even its own wheel, AMORINE is worthy of being crowned a welcome return for a band who executed their chosen sound as well as anyone.

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