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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 [...]
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I don’t know if Hydra Head moved their offices next to the Relax Bar or what, but there has been a influx of their artists playing the bar lately (Torche & Clouds a couple weeks back and Harvey Milk next week), with Helms Alee being the next who will grace the bar’s tiny stage.
When it comes to Helms Alee, Brian Cook says it best when he asks, “Where’s the hip haircuts? Where’s the telling modern design elements? Without these digestible icons, their poor audience might actually have to develop their own opinions and judge the band on the merits of the sounds they create, not the lexicon they endorse“, only then to surmise, “Such factors guarantee that Helms Alee is destined to be unloved by the masses and revered by a small chosen few”.
Truer words couldn’t be spoken.
Helms Alee (the name has something to do with bringing the bow of a sea vessel into the wind) is Ben Verellen (Harkonen, These Arms Are Snakes, and Roy), Dana James (Your Enemies Friends) and Hozoji Matheson-Margullis (Lozen), who will release their debut - Matt Bayles produced - full length album Night Terror on Hydra Head Records on August 5th.
MP3: Helms Alee - Truly
Helms Alee w/Secret Fun Club, Queen Kwong, valentineomb, Room 101 @ Relax Bar (5511 Hollywood Blvd) this Saturday (7/19) | 8pm | 21+ | $10
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