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Apr 5, 2024If the sound had a home base, it would probably be the Northern English industrial city of Leeds, which not coincidentally is also home to several major universities and spawned such major acts in the genre as Gang of Four, the Mekons, Delta 5 and more. On “Angeltape,” the quartet Drahla has revived that sound with a striking level of authenticity.
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Apr 11, 2024Drahla clearly knows their progenitors, but one needn’t focus on this legacy when listening to angeltape. It is a singular document by a distinctive and up-and-coming group.
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Apr 5, 2024For a record that’s taken so long to happen (and many thought probably wouldn’t), angeltape is a triumphant return and worth every second of the excessively long wait.
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Apr 5, 2024Even though they lighten the mood ever so slightly with "Lip Sync," a collage of detached vocals and lurching blasts that's the closest they've come to a pop song, every moment angeltape announces Drahla as a band worthy of far more attention.
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Apr 18, 2024angeltape presents a darkened canvas of experimental rock, showcasing Drahla plunging into the depths of their elaborate and existential craft.
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Apr 11, 2024It’s a consistently good album, and one that harks back to their previous work while also suggesting new possibilities as they move forward. It would be nice if they could take less time to get the next album out, though.
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Classic Rock MagazineApr 26, 2024Luciel Brown's deadpan helps fuel the no-wave madness. [Jun 2024, p.81]
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Apr 9, 2024As disjointed and tense as this sophomore effort may come across, angeltape is a proclamation of artistic and emotional resilience.
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Apr 5, 2024While better executed at certain points than others, the band’s varied selection of instrumental textures remains a defining feature; from the riff-driven frenzy of ‘Talking Radiance’ to the minimalist, piano-led touch of ‘Venus’, there’s an inharmonious harmony that pervades.
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