Deathbomb Arc US Vinyl & CDs

Review: Deathbomb Arc are long-renowned for their raucously wide scope for releasing new, American experimental music. Anything from hip-hop, ambient, noise and jazz will have bursted from this punkish label at some point - it's no surprise for an outfit that was once run out the back of a van. Longtime DB-Arc releasee Debby Friday now makes a return with Bitchpunk; the artist variously describes her sound as that or 'thundercore', owing to the music's brash and no-holds-barred persona. Only a couple of minutes per track are needed for Friday to make a statement - 'Stay Up' hears Friday vocalise freely against embiggened, deep-fried industrial beats, while nastier future-club cuts equally flaunt her advanced, precision production chops.

Notes: After L.A. is a lifetime as a moment. Not just a collection, but a consideration of what it means for an artist to have grown up, lashed out, and re-nested all within the extremely wide borders of Los Angeles. PALOMA PARFREY's ethos is immersed in LA history, both of the book smarts sort and the personally experienced. To some she is known as a chef. Others a punk diva. The majority of strangers in LA probably know her as the person always checking out 15 books simultaneously at the library. After L.A. pulls together all these things in the form of both a book and an album equal parts intertwined and standing on their own; much like the strange way the diversities of LA life and history work together.

Paloma Parfrey has been writing and performing poetry around LA since she was 13. Her band, THE SHARP EASE, was an integral part of the LA DIY punk scene throughout the '00s. Her bandmate for the CD portion of this release is BRIAN MILLER, who performed in the drum and voice quartet FOOT VILLAGE, is a member of the TRUE NEUTRAL CREW, and records music for film and TV. Together they are SCROLLS.

94-page book, 5"x7", with full colour cover and CD.