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Warpaint – Stars

By Craig Smith • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Webcut of the Week

Don’t be deceived by the name,Warpaint are the latest signings to Rough Trade Records, an all-girl quartet from Los Angeles who came to prominence on the back of their self-released Exquisite Corpse EP last year. Currently recording their debut for Rough Trade, the girls are going to be playing around the UK in May and Webcuts has already made a note in its diary. “They weave intricate guitar lines, hypnotic vocals, and driving post-punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between the soundscapes of psychedelia and intimacy”. That last combination talks to me. Psychedelics and intimacy. So does this track taken from last years EP. Gorgeous stuff.

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