Cut City/ Cat Party

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5...according to our Brian on Thu 19 Jun, 2008.

Really impressed with this split 7" by Cat Party & Cut City. I can't stop playing it. 'The Aftertaste' by CP has that chiming new wave guitar, nonchalant vocals & spunky bass with some cracking chord changes that sounds like a lost 80s classic. The only band I can think of that sounded a bit like that were maybe Fischer Z but that's really stretching my memory back. Cut City's 'Replacement' is another anthemic new wave-esque number that sounds a little bit Psychedelic Furs. Dense and catchy with a scratchy, feral feel & a foreboding vocal that bursts into a gliding bird in the euphoric chorus bits. It makes me think of Flock of Seagulls crossed with Interpol and just doesn't last anywhere near long enough. One of those obscure beaut's that no-one else will have heard of and you'll treasure for the rest of your days. On Monotonstudio from Deutschland

CUT CITY formed in 2002 around the local Deleted Art label, sort of the swedish counter-part to U.S. art-punk imprints like Three One G and Tapes Records. In May 2005 they issued a 4-song EP on the california-based Gold Standard Labs label, home to such acts as THE LOCUST, YEAR FUTURE, GOGOGO AIRHEART and many more. Drawing comparisons to groups such as ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN and JOY DIVISION as well as newer bands like MOVING UNITS and FRANZ FERDINAND they at the same time echo the past as much as the future. In February 2007, CUT CITY will release their debut full-length, EXIT DECADES, through Gold Standard Labs. Following that the band will venture on a european tour in March and hopefully a stint in the U.S. later that spring.

Features a new track by Swedish Neo-Post-Punk heroes CUT CITY, shared with CAT PARTY from California on the other side. Fits pretty perfectly, since CAT PARTY are heavily influenced by the likes of ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, THE SOUND and similar early-80s Post-Punk/Wave...

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