Darto - Hex (Seattle, Washington)
Who It Is: Darto - Hex; Mother Image Records (2014)
What It Sounds Like: Slint but heavier, My Bloody Valentine but more punkier, early Swans but not as fucked up.
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Review:
Since 2012, Seattle’s Darto have released two EP’s and one LP of dark, noisy music. There’s is the best form of post-hardcore: at times they take an ordinary loud rock sound and distort it, making it sound like the singer is shouting from a mountaintop during The Storm of the Apocalypse. At other times, they merely slow an ordinary garage punk song down, allowing each drumbeat, guitar crunch, and melodic riff to have space between each other, allowing for greater appreciation of group dynamic and composition. At all times, they make music that is all at once heavy but also ethereal and intriguing to the ears.
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