A-Frames
Seattle punks Bend Sinister happened upon a little known Sacramento California band called Karate Party and had their minds blown. They shuffled their aesthetic, borrowed from Karate Party’s bag of tricks, and reformed as the thunderous art-punk outfit the A-Frames. Mixing harsh, art-damaged punk with rigid krautrock and a heap of bubblegum catchiness, the A-Frames put out 2 amazing LPs (A-Frames 1, A-Frames 2) and a grip of killer singles (Police 1000/Traction 7″ an all time fave) before dropping and “eh” of an album on Sub Pop. Nevermind that, the first two records are must-haves and if you can E-Bay any of their singles you won’t regret it. Members moonlight in The Intelligence, AFCGT, Children’s Hospital, Rodent Plague and others.
A-Frames – Hostage Crisis
A-Frames – Electric Eye
A-Frames – Ionic
A-Frames – Wasteland
A-Frames – Search And Rescue
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