The Death Set - Negative Thinking

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3...according to our Ant on Thu 07 Feb, 2008.

The latest 7" electro punk rockpop riot comes from The Death Set with 'Negative Thinking. A repetitive linear drum machine beat forms the foundation of the track but not in a good Big Black kind of way. There are some melodic guitars over the top, a female vocal and the odd sample. Its pretty weak sounding but I'm sure someone will find it fun. Then you get an electrobreak with daft "Motherfucking death threat" sample. The flipside is upbeat and more synth driven with an acidic squelch and deranged female vocal. May possibly appeal to fans of Crystal Castles (Although it doesn't really sound like them).

“They played for 15 minutes in the middle of the floor until they blew the amps, then they spent 20 minutes smashing the sh*t out of everything, then they were out. Best f**kin’ show I ever saw.” – Chris Devlin, DJ for Spank Rock.
Please be upstanding for The Death Set, also known as the MotherF**kingDeathSet. Concentrate. Straight out of Baltimore’s burgeoning and increasingly wild music scene, The Death Set throw punk rock abandon onto warehouse dancefloors and come up with something unique – a micro-blast of catchy choruses, screamed lyrics, chaos, violence, humour and fu*ked-up reaffirmation of the value of going nuts.
The Death Set have toured with the likes of Girl Talk, Japanther, Ponytail, Spank Rock, Matt & Kim and Best Fwends, and have been remixed by Bonde De Role and Dan Deacon. Although in some ways they share an aesthetic with those bands, The Death Set also continue to smash open a long history of blast beat punk, indie rock, and hardcore.
This is MFDS - the runaway lean-in to the beautiful mayhem of The Death Set’s debut album ‘Worldwide’ - four songs which are not so much raw like sushi as raw like a crazed tiger shark.

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