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With a fuse lit by these modern-day monstrosities the band seeks to find salvation through a thousand watt wake-up of rock n’ roll exfoliation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter tearing through the tender heart of the Midwest, Frankie and the Witch Fingers found themselves clamped down on the fried edges of Los Angeles, carving out a niche that’s equal parts molten tar pit teardown and cataclysmic careen. Following releases on Hypnotic Bridge, Let’s Pretend, and Permanent, the band landed between the twin barbs of Greenway and The Reverberation Appreciation Society, a perfect fit for their frenetic blend of rhythmic whiplash\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand sonic soul shake. Anchored by songwriters Dylan Sizemore and Josh Menashe, the band has kept a rotating door of friends and collaborators moving through their midst over the past few years, coalescing post-pandemic into a symbiotic stage beast that’s become the beating heart of their new album, ‘Data Doom’. Bassist Nikki “Pickle” Smith and drummer Nick Aguilar have been road-hardened and readied over the last year, laying the groundwork for the new record’s 300 pounds of pummel and propulsion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat heft was hurtled onto tape in the band’s Vernon, CA studio space. The locale let the city’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003egrit creep into the crevices of their new record, a wild swing at the sternum that hits the listener \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003elike an adrenaline shot to the heart. Wiping away the haze of stoned-ape psychedelics that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epermeated their opus ‘Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters’… the band favors an asphalt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eassault of rock, riff, and amphetamine rhythm. As they’ve wound out of the last phase, their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003esound, over a series of singles, has begun to thicken and throb. It’s coalesced into a darker strain that ingests the explosive impulses of gas-crisis-era proto-punk, the rhythmic insistence of 70’s German Progressives, and the elasticity of funk fusionists alike. 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