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Duchesses
"Estupet" Cd
Black
death noise that will obliterate your soul
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This precocious all-girl quartet with an average age of 19 create a Medusa’s head of sound; their
influences range from Death In June to Kate Bush. The musical result is
a motley collision of razorchainsaw guitars (Alice Dee), sinister high
school marching band drums (Traci), seasick rolling basslines (Eva
Borg), all heading into battle lead by a screaming banshee-girl-thing
spitting acid and venomous bile (Amber Alert!). Don’t be deceived
by their youth and knee-highs.
Supported and celebrated by the experimental music communities of San
Francisco, L.A. and San Diego, local luminaries appear all over the
record. In the midst of graduating high school and
“leaving the nest,” the 4 fledglings recorded these songs
themselves. It was then mixed by Bobb Bruno (Polar Goldie Cats, Goliath
Bird
Eater), and edited and mastered by Weasel Walter (Flying Lutenbachers,
Lair of the Minotaur, Lake of Dracula). The second half of the record
is comprised of heavy, extremely fucked up, psychedelic remixes by
Weasel Walter, Sunshine Militant Childrens Hour, Ops Spirits, Qulfus,
and Blanketship.
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