Nots

Cosmetic

Image of Nots - Cosmetic
Record Label
Heavenly

About this item

Recorded with Keith Cooper and Andrew McCalla in the band’s home-town of Memphis, the album features artwork by lead vocalist / guitarist Natalie Hoffman.

Nots are still a wild guitar band, but above and below the guitar, bass and drum pound, Alexandra Eastburn's analog synth blurps melodies and nonsense, teasing squiggles of freedom which defy the false grid of modern life.

With Hoffmann on guitar & vocals, Eastburn on synth, Charlotte Watson beating drums, and Meredith Lones steering a solid path through the chaos on bass, Nots are neither content with the smug "stare at your shoes" approach of bands from both coasts, nor an Earth-hugging "we need to get back to nature" hippie copout. There might not be any answers here. That might be the point. Nots have arrived at the next level of their attack with a confidence and a music that lays waste to the wasteland without romantic attachment to a thing.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Channeling the spirit of early punk (distorted backline, shouty singer, 2 minute songs etc) Nots have presented us with a scathing collection of dynamic and vitriolic bursts of noise. Single-string melody lines and broken-speaker distortion back up the hollered vox. Clanging and concise, this is punk-rock for a new generation.

TRACK LISTING

1. Blank Reflection
2. Rat King
3. Cold Line
4. New Structures
5. Cosmetic
6. No Novelty
7. Inherently Low
8. Flourescent Sunset
9. Entertain Me

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