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  • From: andy.fekete AT na.biomerieux.com
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Snatches of Pink
  • Date: 14 Nov 2005 09:35:58 -0800

Anyone who cares:

Snatches of Pink will be playing this Thursday, November 17th at 9pm
at Slim's Downtown, 227 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh NC

"Arrogant, excessive and beautiful."
- Magnet review of Snatches of Pink live

Independent Weekly review:

"Stag"
Snatches of Pink
(MoRisen Records)
By Chris Parker.

What is the sound of creeping decay? Resembling
the last gasp of a battered liver so debauched
and dissipated that it can barely gather the
strength to spit out a final fuck you, Snatches'
decadent rock reaches its apogee on Stag.

One can hear the influence of Royal Trux in the
desiccated, distortion-ridden Stonesy crawl,
which threatens at times to collapse into chaos.
There's some great tunes here, such as "Snakes,"
whose riff recalls the Stones' "Rocks Off," but
they are nearly overburdened with the weight of
Rank's peculiar aesthetic, enveloping everything
in a veneer of grime.

At times they're refracting the sound through
stoner rock instead of glam (as on the spacey
"Painted Gun"). The dark, echo-y sound, unusual
panning of sounds and distant vocals all coalesce
in a dire, despondent quality that infects the
entire album. It's a little dispiriting at first,
but there's an undeniable energy about this, and
like a lover's quirks, accepting the built-in
dysfunction opens up a whole new universe, that
--even if a little odd--is full of Keith Richards-
inspired, drugged-out rawk.

Smile at Snatches at http://www.snatchesofpink.com.





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