Crack: W.a.r ( We Are Rock ) / Silent Fantasy

Tigerbeat6

Morbid dance music. Inspired as much by Titicut Follies as Black Sabbath, this is the death of disco (or metal - same thing, anyway). Crack: W.A.R. presents six tracks of haunted carnivals, socially retarded cabaret and the loneliness of being lost at sea. Drum machines and synths, sure, but Crack: W.A.R. is a band; innocence up front and something a little more impish in the back. King Riff, Obscuratron, Le Kim and L'Erin all create a cacophonous din of electro-smash complemented by L'Erin and Le Kim's schoolyard taunt vocals. Their sold-out self-released debut 12-inch split with Ann Arbor's Wolf Eyes gave only a slight indication of the misery to come. Silent Fantasy is their first release for Tigerbeat6 and fits in well with the work of the other inmates. Next time someone decides to take over the teen center or burn down the local theater, Crack:W.A.R. will be off to the side taking notes. Death Disco? Electro-chaos? Punktronica? Sure, call it whatever you want. Nobody is listening to you anyway.   Aesthetically not unlike ABBA... a scary mental patient named ABBA, that is Recently toured the U.S.; Detroit, New York City and Shreveport will never be the same Strong female-to-male musician quotient Disco for Andrew W-K fans, or metal for Blondie fans, or Adult as re-tooled by Throbbing Gristle-- much farther beyond electro-kitsch and drooling computer nerds eager for any electronic band with a girl in it 

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