The Contortionist - Our Bones - VINYL LP

Ripping forth like a dagger from the flesh of Austin, Texas, comes the self-titled debut album from the lone star state's new wreckers of civilization, Skeleton. Having plied their black market trade for several years in grime-infested underground dungeons and sub-basements, 20 Buck Spin was called forth to issue their first album, a cataclysmic expansion of the band's unhallowed vision, venturing well beyond it's earlier borders. Though some might be prone to lazily apply simplistic genre tags to Skeleton's style, the reality is far more sweeping as this debut immediately reveals an excessively sharp metallic-charged juggernaut of severe force and high plains mayhem. Contained within are war-like hymns for the soldiers of a scorched apocalypse to come, from which a bleak alternate future will no doubt emerge. The eleven tracks comprising Skeleton signal the black dawn of a new breed, and when the final somber strains of InchCatacombsInch close out the album, an eerie sense of the end as the beginning lingers like a morbid premonition Album Tracks 1. Skeleton 2. Mark of Death 3. The Sword 4. T.O.A.D 5. Ring of Fire 6. At War 7. Taste of Blood 8. Victory 9. A Far Away Land 10. Turned to Stone 11. Catacombs

Album Tracks 1. No Exit 2. Voyeur 3. Nation 4. Layla 5. Host 6. Croaker 7. Jettison

Born of a shared love of hair metal, partying, and the reckless spirit of rock and roll, East Coast duo Bat Fangs brings a nostalgic combination of shredderistic guitars and heavily harmonized hooks. Guitarist/vocalist Betsy Wright (Ex Hex) and drummer Laura King (Flesh Wounds, COLD CREAM) united after playing a show together in their respective projects, with the goal of pushing Wright's pop focused songwriting in a bolder, brasher direction. Their sophomore LP, Queen of My World is a reeling, rocking mass of guitar and vocals that serves as both a reclamation and a reevaluation of a sound that was once a breeding ground for a particularly egregious brand of cock rock dude-bro. Paying tribute to the sounds of their youth while offering an alternative to an era of music that deified toxic masculinity as a core value, Wright and King represent a new model of Rock Stardom that's less about the Stars and more about the Rock. On InchTalk ToughInch, the first song written for this LP, Wright sings of music carrying her into a near supernatural state, describing herself as being Inchin the cosmic seaInch, and inviting others Inchcrawl out the window on to a higher plainInch. This otherworldliness permeates throughout the record, applying magical perspectives to real lived experiences. Using musical nostalgia as it's crystal ball, Queen of My World looks into life's little moments and sees the mystical within the ordinary. Though many of the songs are autobiographical, at it's core the record is a lens into other worlds, gazing into timelines that could have been and childhood memories so distant they may as well be past lives. One such reminiscion takes place on the title track, which reflects on a wild adolescence of drugs and destruction, with an aggressive guitar attack to match. Underneath the high octane teenage antics is a genuine tribute to the unique friendships tha