THE ESTRANGED - Static Thoughts LP Blues I cannot help taking note

I cannot help taking note of a certain kinship that this musical inquiry of Aguirre's crisscrosses the time-honored obsession with Time

Musically the apparent influences are Japanese hardcore and crust

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Vinyl Cut by Fred Alstadt at Ångström Mastering

THE ESTRANGED - Static Thoughts LP Blues I cannot help taking notePortland post punk act the Estranged recalls the early 80s heyday of challenging, intelligent bands such as the Wipers, Wire, and Mission of Burma. Their album STATIC THOUGHTS thrives on the taut muscled tension to be heard in Joy Divisions sinewy rhythms and squalls of guitar. Dont They Know rides a penetrating bass line into spidery guitar webs; Exhibition is a moody, downbeat ripper similar to recent material from Hot Snakes. With a tightrope