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Repo Fam Share Dark Vision Video

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Repo Fam will be dropping their new Venus Fly album next week via Gentle Reminder/Home Late, and I wanted to make sure the Baltimore band were on your radar over here. When I first clicked play, I will admit that I thought I had the song pegged; I felt like I knew exactly where it was going. I was wrong, as the band take that sort of modern pop rock feel, and instead of pushing it in some formulaic manner where you drop the chorus in just the right spot, they defy that expectation, not even offering up a chorus at all. Instead, they draw you in with these brooding vocals and steady drum stomp; it gives the guitars room to flicker in the distance, offering discord and anxiety, or a “dark vision” if you will. Feels like a fun way to start off the day.

Repo Fam Announce New 7″ EP

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Repo Fam will be dropping a new 7″ EP next week, so we wanted to whet your appetite with just a few quick little ditties that might capture your attention. For starters, the two tracks couldn’t be more juxtaposed, illustrating the diverse brand of rock n’ roll the group bring to the table. On “Psycho Bombs” you get more of that anti-pop meets garage rock, utilizing slowed jagged guitars and steady drumming bombast. But, “Whipped Cream” flips things over and gives you this scuzzy noise fest, though the band still manage to capture some of hint of melodic format as they push forth. Both these jams appear on the Whipped Cream 7″ EP, out next week via our friends in Gentle Reminder Records.

Disheveled Pop from Repo Fam

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Repo Fam is the new project of Baltimore’s Michelle Pena, and according to the one-sheet, her songs share the approach of filmmakers in creating images that are emotive. Pena does so on this video with that discordant twang of the guitar; it sort of stomps on your eardrums as the vocals playfully prance around your inner ear canal. The drums, though dampened in the mix, have this almost intoxicating tribalism, drawing you deep into the cavernous craft of that is “Skip to My Lou.” Repo Fam will release the self-titled LP via Gentle Reminder Records on September 28th.