The Shining Path - Chocolate Gasoline

Chocolate Gasoline is the new 12-inch from The ShiningPath. While their eponymous album exists in the world ofpost-SST black-clad psychedelia and noise, the group decidedthat they had gone far enough in said direction andrealigned themselves.Chocolate Gasoline has a less harsh demeanor, à la Accelerator-era Royal Trux if the Stones-meter was set alittle closer to "Under Cover of the Nightu201D; than "Dancin’with Mr. D,u201D; especially on the opener, "Lonely Hearts Killer.u201D;The remaining tracks stretch out via influences rangingfrom hard dub, early PiL, no wave, block-banginghip hop, and kraut-dance/industrial, if one could imaginea version of Viva more about bikinis than white overalls.Nonetheless, all of this can be played with real instrumentsand "rocked outu201D; in a live setting, which is what the groupintends to do.

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