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The Manhattan Love Suicides continue their vision of fuzz drenched guitar pop with another 7" on Squirrel Records. There is a real jangley pop tune happening on 'Kessler Syndrome' but their raw, lo-fi production sound dominates. The female vocal is really cute and the tune is quite infectious and laying beneath that guitar sound it works wonderfully. Clearly inspired by the like of The Jesus and Mary Chain these guys introduce their own ideas into the brew for what I can see being a very popular single this week. If you liked their previous stuff you wont be disappointed here.More female fronted , lo-fi , fuzzed up , noisy pop.Recorded in the same session as the previous single , The Manhattan Love Suicides are all about catchy melodies buried under a pile of chainsaw guitars and pounding drums.They don't believe in sounding polished.The live experience is rough and raw and straight to the point...and the recordings are put together in very much the same way."Kessler Syndrome" is 3 and a half minutes of fine buzzsaw pop , and "Don't Leave Me Dying" is pretty much the same.Easy comparisons can be made with The Velvet Underground's more scuzzy sounding moments , and The Jesus And Mary Chain if you strip away that band's shiny production.This could almost be two tracks from a Girls In The Garage compilation...and all the better for it.Don't expect this band to clean up their act anytime soon
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