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Los Angeles punk quartet The Paranoyds channel revelry and revulsion into their debut album Carnage Bargain-a raucous blend of garage rock grit, new wave swagger, horror film soundtrack campiness, and a myriad of other influences. The Paranoyds' beginnings can be traced back to a friendship forged between Staz Lindes and Laila Hashemi in their teens. With the additions of Lexi Funston and David Ruiz, the band found the personnel for their sonic balance of jubilant energy and foreboding undercurrents. Carnage Bargain captures this chemistry through guitar-and-keyboard, genre-mashing weirdness on InchLaundry,Inch the fever-dream kitsch of B-52s on InchRatboy,Inch krautrock's motorik groove on InchHungry Sam,Inch and Blondie on the sweet-and-salty highlight InchCourtney.Inch Title track InchCarnage BargainInch is a perfect example of the band delivering scathing lyrical observations under the guise of a quirky pop hook. The notion of rejecting the status quo and creating your own destiny is evident on the lead single InchGirlfriend Degree,Inch which the band calls an ode to Inchbeing a badass woman who's taking time to make sure she's doing things for herself.Inch The band may be paranoid, but they offer a solution to our modern ills through the act of being an inspiring, independent, and unflappable force. Album Tracks 1. Face First 2. Carnage Bargain 3. Girlfriend Degree 4. Egg Salad 5. Bear 6. Hungry Sam 7. Courtney 8. Laundry 9. Heather Doubtfire 10. Ratboy
