FOG LAMP - Still Entangled LP

Highly recommended.

SF's Fog Lamp have been at it for a few years now, repping heavily around the local environs, garnering a solid word-of-mouth reputation.

Originally a trio sans tubs, the synth-driven iron gulp of their early days was like Animal of Anti-Nowhere League crashing a Cabaret Voltaire rehearsal. 'Power to the paradox' I like to say, or in the immortal words of Tug McGraw, "Ya Gotta Believe!" So after a couple tapes and whatnot, Siltbreeze got clued in and have solidly backed their debut vinyl LP.

Along the way, the band enlisted the solid drumming prowess of Rachelle Hughes and by doing so, Fog Lamp have zoned in an intensive, beguiling churn of Dossier era Chrome slipping into The Sleepers panic-creep of 'Painless Nights'.

"For a band that earns their name with a deep synth murk, San Francisco’s Fog Lamp come in hot on their debut album. They earn that Siltbreeze stamp of approval all over their six-minute track “Wash the Machine,” which starts out righteous and punchy and winds down with cathedral-worthy beatific noise.

With clear influences from goth greats like Killing Joke, there’s this ragged quality to this band’s vocals that make everything they do sound like they’re at loose ends. “Library Cop” has this line where the titular character (a librarian??) chastises someone for bringing a drink into the computer area, which is both hilarious and understandably urgent. F$ck getting policed in safe spaces!" -Evan Minsker