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We don our darkest black turtlenecks (Archer, anyone?) to herald the arrival of San Francisco's newest gaggle of gloom-rockers, La Corde and their Self-Titled EP, which has been self-released by the band. The bi-lingual amongst you (not us, we can barely write/speak English) will undoubtedly realize that their name is French for 'the rope', as in the type you use for a bank heist, public hanging or cub scout merit badge. On "Back in Salem", minor key guitars and trenchcoat-sporting synths give the deadpan vocals a bedrock to perch upon as the whole thing transmutes and goes Wipers-shaped, while on the flip, "Urban Burqua" uses a simple chord progressions and phrasing to proves this lot could well have been released on Rough Trade circa '81 (had they been born yet, that is). These guys are definitely playing in the same league as Hot Guts and Sex Church and we, for one, cannot wait to see what they have up their sleeves for the next release. Get at the band if you need one, because with only 300 hand-numbered copies in existence, it's unlikely to be long for this world.
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