Soft Kill "Dead Kids R.I.P. City" Color:2xLP Turquoise (/500) an Animal-istic drummer and a

an Animal-istic drummer and a bassist well-versed in electro-funk and Peter Hook's high-necked melodies

The band uses cello (with an electric cello for live shows) to create a gothic sound with occasional Western references

guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular

Only you are the master of what comes next

Another full-throated

Soft Kill "Dead Kids R.I.P. City" Color:2xLP Turquoise (/500) an Animal-istic drummer and aA story odyssey of sorts told in ten parts, ten songs each track essentially a character "Dead Kids", produced by David Trumfio (Built To Spill, Wilco, OK Go) and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg (The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana), explores, through a beguiling mix of personal memory, allegory, and narrative structures by turns both poetic and stinging, a long and complicated relationship with a dark version of Portland OR. It's songs that