Street Metal

A 5 track alternative ep (38m 35s) — released November 10th 2014 on Diagonal Records

Where the majority of modern psych rock is about as psychedelic as listening to Steve Wright, The Skull Defekts' lysergic clarity and locked-on grooves feel like they might have *actually* done some heavy drugs in their time, hence their music works where it matters. Headed up by Swedish scene lynchpin, Joachim Nordwall (vocals, guitar, oscillator), alongside Jean-Louis Huhta (percussion, electronics), Daniel Higgs (ghost catcher), Daniel Fagerström (vocals, guitar, synthesiser), and Henrik Rylander (drums, feedback), they churn out a taut, heady flux of psychedelic rock and glam, technoid swagger with deft raids on arcane pop and percussive, tribal minimalism in five parts. The instrumental 'Mission' adopts a gritted, motorik momentum with rollicking drums and churning, muscular guitars that should make Goat blush, before their seedy glam side burns thru in the bestial thump and puckered vocal poise of 'Mammal Combination.'

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