Gay Beast - Second Wave

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 11 Jun, 2009.

According to what I've just read, Gay Beast are 'Minnesota's premier agit-prop queer band' which maybe makes them the new God Is My Co-Pilot or something? I dunno. They do kind of share mental guitar lines, broken riffing and disorientating time changes with that band but the overall sound of Second Wave has been run through the modern day noise-rock processor, a model of which I'm sure the good people at Skin Graft own and endorse. Healthy reminders of No Wave and the better end of prog make themselves known, so I'm thinking along the lines of Mars jamming with Magma for my easily digestible review soundbite.. Fun fun fun in other words and tantalising in both CD and silkscreen sleeved vinyl versions!

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Formed in 2005 and renowned as Minnesota's premier agit-prog queer band, Gay Beast cuts a careening groove between the prickly corners of tunefulness and musical density, danceability and controlled chaos. On Second Wave, their sophomore effort and first release on Skin Graft Records, the trio lets fly with utopic visions of second-wave feminism, exposing a mood-swinging musical reach heretofore unheard. JAvailable on compact disc and in an astonishing 12" vinyl collector's edition - extensively adorned with hand silk-screened sleeves and insert.

Mastered by Weasel Walter (XBXRX, the Flying Luttenbachers, Lake of Dracula) for maximum penetration.

PRESS QUOTES: “Bands like Gay Beast used to get me excited, but none have had such a gloriously bent and creative batch of songs to match up with the innovation (of Gay Beast)." - Dusted Magazine
“Think Health, think Lovely Little Girls, think DNA. But don't think too hard. It wouldn't be right." - Sound & Fury

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