Untitled, by WALL

Untitled

by WALL

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Nik Havert This is a bittersweet record because it is one of the best of 2017 and WALL broke up even before they released it.

Here's my full review - www.7thlevelmusic.com?p=1890 Favorite track: Charmed Life.

Jonathan Minton This is a melancholic, dystopian, and catchy post-punk statement about individualism in our strange modern world. Favorite track: Charmed Life.

JoronJoron One of my most anticipated LPs for the next few months is from an already disbanded band.

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1.	High Ratings 01:25	buy track
2.	Shimmer Of Fact 03:56	buy track
3.	Save Me 02:45	buy track
4.	(Sacred) Circus 02:37	buy track
5.	Wounded At War 03:44	buy track
6.	Everything In Between 03:55	buy track
7.	Charmed Life 01:51	buy track
8.	Weekend 01:51	buy track
9.	Turn Around 01:58	buy track
10.	River Mansion 06:22	buy track

about

If you saw WALL play in NYC or at SXSW (they were No. 2 on Time Out Austin’s top picks for SXSW 2016) you will recognize some of the tracks on their new LP, Untitled. "Everything In Between" was often a set opener, albeit in an instrumental form. Here we find the definitive full band arrangement, which shows a group capable of generating wave after wave of engaging post-punk. First single "High Ratings" advances the strengths of WALL's self-titled EP with it's look at modern anxiety stemming from social media addiction: "We're all guilty," as singer Sam York howls. Their rocking cover of Half Japanese's classic "Charmed Life" is probably the closest track in tone to "Cuban Cigars," the pop moment on the WALL EP. True to the original, it features perfectly skronky sax from Pill’s Ben Jaffe. "River Mansion" displays Vince McClelland's extensive post-punk guitar vocabulary with squalls, shrieks and plinks over the band's elegant Kroutrock groove with York and Skadden's cooing vocals occasionally synching with a slippery guitar riff. Fans of Skadden's former group, Finally Punk will appreciate "Save Me" – a tale of desperation with Skadden sharing lead vocal duties along with York. These are just a few examples of songs from this diverse and intense LP, showing us a band stretching out sonically and stylistically at their peak and right before their untimely demise.

So there you have it -- a testament to a band that formed in an instant, burned brightly and left us with two great records. Did you see WALL at Palisades, The Silent Barn, Alphaville, Union Pool, and all the rest of them? Let this LP remind you or take you there for the first time. Mixed by Mike Kutchman at Kutch 1 Studios and mastered by Josh Bonati.

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released April 28, 2017

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WALL New York, New York

WALL are no wave/post-punk band from New York City. They are releasing their first full-length with Wharf Cat Records next year.

shows

Nov 02

Palais des Congrès

Paris, France
Nov 03

Palais des Congrès

Paris, France
Nov 04

Palais des Congrès

Paris, France
Nov 04

Palais des Congrès

Paris, France
Nov 07

Zénith Toulouse Metropole

Toulouse, France
Nov 08

Arkéa Arena

Floirac, France
Nov 09

Zénith Sud Montpellier

Montpellier, France
Nov 10

Amphithéâtre 3000

Lyon, France
Nov 11

Zénith de Limoges Métropole

Limoges, France
Nov 12

Zénith Nantes Métropole

Nantes, France
Nov 14

ZENITH DE DIJON

Dijon, France
Nov 15

Zénith de St Étienne

Saint-Étienne, France
Nov 17

Zénith d'Auvergne

Cournon D'Auvergne, France
Nov 18

Auditorium François 1er, Palais des Congrés

Tours, France
Nov 19

Zenith Orléans

Orléans, France
Feb 26

Admiralspalast

Berlin, Germany

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