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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Sticks and Stones

 “A sound to frighten Gallows back into the tattoo parlour.” The Fly
“Dark French post-rock that sounds like Pixies covering ‘Psychocandy’. NME
“Awesome.” Jason McGerr (Death Cab For Cutie)

Formed five years ago in the same French district that gave birth to epic artists, AIR, Parisians-turn-London-dwellers, Underground Railroad are set to release their much anticipate sophomore release Sticks And Stones– a ferocious squall of a record crystallising the band’s love for post-punk and New York’s Nu Wave scene, it won them a passionate following through its wholly uncompromising nature.  Death Cab For Cutie have praised the band in every recent interview, and music magazines on a global scale are more than a little excited about the trio, who have toured with the likes of Dinosaur Jnr and Nada Surf.

Recorded in Seattle at the dawn of 2008 with renowned producer John Goodmanson at its helm (Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater Kinney and Blonde Redhead), it sees Underground Railroad gain maturity without sacrificing their angular, noisy leanings; a Velvet Underground/Jesus and Mary Chain psychedelic swirl is discernible in the hypnotic Stuff in Your Pocket, while the simple, overdrive-led buzz of Pixies or Sebadoh is palpable in the heady fury of tracks like Kill me now. The record also features Seattle’s prodigal cello player Phil A. Peterson, whose arrangements on Poems For Freaks or Six Pieds Sous Terre lend these songs an unabashed, epic edge.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Sticks and Stones is available through One Little Indian and distributed by Creative Vibes

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