Fangs Of ...........

Bio:

"Prog-punk nightmare merchants"

"Fangs of Satanic Soccer Mums have a cult following so they're sure to fill the Cobra Bar"

"Jace, Mikey and Jem are deranged malcontents who don’t understand the protestant work ethic"

"They be ruling at The Eastern right now!"

"Along with the arty stuff they have the perennial hooks and plenty of rock to climb!! "

"Eine von schierer Energie angetriebene Noise-Rock Attacke!"


So what does Fangs Of A TV Evangelist soud like? Well, they sound a little like the Melvins, but that shouldn't be a surprise. All of the bands on We Empty Rooms owe at least some of their sound to the mighty Melvins, but that's one of the things that I love about this label and the scene that it's documenting - these guys are taking the sludgy, riff-heavy metallic punk of the Melvins and using that as the jumping-off point for their own distinct take on the sound. In the case of Fans Of..., these guys take the angular heavy riffing of early Melvins and stretch it out into elongated riff-workouts with heavy repetition and pounding, simple drumming, creating a heavy hypnotic form of metallic post-punk with some really cool touches (scraped guitar strings, winding gloomy melodies, clean singing, creepy whispered parts) that make 'em stand out from the rest of the Melbourne sludge-thugs. Actually, the more I listened to this, the more it reminds me of a really cool late 80's post-punk band, especially with the gloomy guitar leads that are drenched in chorus, the catchy basslines, and all of the clean vocals, kinda gothy, very moody sounding, but punched up with a serious dose of metallic heaviness underneath it all. Fans of the rest of the We Empty Rooms roster will dig this too, but Fangs Of... really stick out from the more psych-laden sludge of bands like Fire Witch, and instead seem to channel what sounds like late 80's British post-punk through weighty Melvins riffage. Pretty rad! The record is pressed on black vinyl and comes in a hand-assembled screenprinted jacket, limited to 300 hand numbered copies, and comes with a cdr of all of the tracks on the record. ..Crucial Blast 2009

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Member Since:

March 12, 2008

Members:

Jem - drums, Mikos - bass, Jace - guitar and vox

Influences:

boring conversations with pissed dudes and nudism

Sounds Like:

how love smells

Record Label:

WeEmptyRooms