![]() 1280 promises a full-length release in mid-2011, and I certainly look forward to it. Still, it’s nice to step back into the world of the vinyl EP, in the age of the digital monopoly, and five out of six ain’t bad. The only failure here comes at the end, with “Trash Cop”, an overly long combination of The Birthday Party and Read & Burn-era Wire with atrocious production. “Midget” is reminiscent of a frantic and dark Mission Of Burma. Selected by Charlie Higson for Between the Covers A classic crime novel from. “Redtube”, the strongest of these tracks, is snaky, sultry, sadistic rock, with a massive rhythm section begging for the aide of Steve Albini. ![]() “Anonymous Blonde” has the atonal skronk of early Liars, and “Data Dump” is foreboding, and deafening, gothic post-punk noise-rock. 1280 probably provide a killer live show. ![]() “Step Into The Grid” is stomping darkwave, similar to Wire’s “Snakedrill”, and suggests that Pop. The commencement interlude (entitled “Interlude”) is highly indebted to early Einsturzende Neubauten, giving a quick glimpse of the atmosphere to come. This vinyl-only 12″, The Grid EP, comes on the heels of a split 7″ with Hot Guts and contains nine tracks: six actual songs, two interludes, and an “outerlude”. It’s one of the few I regrettably have not read, but Thompson’s signature dark and sadistic novels of noir make the ![]() 1280 takes its name from a Jim Thompson book. ![]()
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