Black Orphan
Calling Black Orphan electropunk is like calling a monkey a catapult just because they both throw muck. Uh, yeah, most of what little has been written about these guys from rural Michigan is pretty incoherent, reflecting the brain-numbing effect of the band’s sound — a warbly, disharmonious mess pounded out of cheap keyboards, blown-out guitars, and a basic drum kit, all processed through malfunctioning effects pedals and probably recorded haphazardly on a four-track. At times copping goth-punk dissonance, at others laying down primitive pop riffs, the mysterious outfit seem to be mocking music all together, while managing to create toe-tapping and even danceable tunes that sound like shards of coherence poking through the haze of a robotrip.
Tagged: Black Orphan, electropunk
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