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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
News Bytes TwitterOk so there isn’t really any comparison, it just happens that right now all I have been listening to is some really great “stoner pop” from Torche and some really infectious “twee pop” from The Submarines.
Torche hail from Miami, FL and feature Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya members of the defunct band, Floor as well as Cavity. The sound their bio says they create “echoes the scooped-EQ tones (all lows and highs with precious little mid-range) of the Melvins classic Ozma, the infectious riff-rock of Nirvana’s Bleach and glissando multi-part harmonies of classic Beach Boys” which is isn’t far off, though I definitly hear a little 80’s hardcore in there as well.
The Submarines are Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti, two musicans from Boston who played and recorded seperately eventually meeting up and started to record and tour together in each others bands. They then moved to LA, broked up and then reunited for “the music” and made the incredible album, Declare A New State!, it has yet to be released.
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