{"id":4609,"date":"2014-08-19T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesenseofdoubt.com\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2016-12-10T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T21:48:13","slug":"ep-review-quetzal-snakes-lovely-sort-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2305.temp.domains\/~thesent5\/ep-review-quetzal-snakes-lovely-sort-death\/","title":{"rendered":"EP REVIEW: Q\u00faetzal Sn\u00e5kes \u2013 Lovely Sort of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

EP REVIEW: Q\u00faetzal Sn\u00e5kes \u2013 Lovely Sort of Death<\/h2>\n

Courtesy of\u00a0Ilia Rogatchevski<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Q\u00faetzal Sn\u00e5kes\u00a0<\/strong>crawl out shame-faced and delirious, pained and contorted, from shadows elongated by the teasing Marseilles sun. They are flying through the mud on their smarting bellies, like feathered serpents punished for tempting the innocent into a life of hedonistic truth-finding. These fearless reverb surfers catch the fading remnants of autumnal waves, as they crash at the feet of feral children, out on their evening prowl along the coast.<\/p>\n

The ‘Lovely Sort of Death EP’ came out in late June of this year, as a collaborative production between\u00a0Retard<\/a>\u00a0Records<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Howlin’ Banana Records<\/a>, two independent French labels. The eponymous opening track, unfurls with chortling riffs and sets the tone for the rest of the experimental player. This French five-piece do not steer far from the dark and moody model first pioneered by the Black Angels, almost ten years ago, but they’re piloting their own vehicle. Tense and weighty walls of sound conspire to commit evil deeds between your ears. The melodies are elusive. The atmosphere, gaseous.<\/p>\n