Death In Texas - Pluck EP
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| Death In Texas - Pluck EP |
Release Date: 7th October
Regular readers of Listen With
Monger will recognise the name Death In Texas as a couple of their previous
singles have tantalised my audio taste buds in the past. The latest EP brings
previous singles 'Oil & The Water' and 'Fear Of The Hundred' together with
2 new tracks to tie together this period of their musical production. For my
opinion of the first two tracks, you might as well read the reviews elsewhere
on this blog but I'm going to concentrate on the two newer tunes in this
review. The first of these, 'Sonic Switchblade', is typically grandiose as
neo-classical piano, thumping drums and droned bass notes merge the stylings of
Regina Spektor, Muse and Tori Amos delightfully. The husband and wife duo of
Kane and Ruth Power have found a fantastic niche and this EP shows that off
perfectly. Final track 'Pluck' is full of relentlessly rippling piano riffs and
sweeping cymbals that Matt Bellamy would be proud of and you would be entirely
unsurprised to see these guys performing alongside Jools Holland on his TV show
such is the quality of their musicianship and originality of thought - I'm
fairly sure the musical pixie would still try and boogie-woogie it up but, hey,
that's his thing, right? I'm not sure where Death In Texas go from here as this
music is too big to be played in pubs around London town but they need that
following before they can get on to the bigger stages. It's a conundrum, that's
for sure...
More information: http://www.deathintexasmusic.com/