Live Skull's new album Saturday Night Massacre – its first new album in 30 years – is out now on Bronson Recordings.
Listen and buy, here:
https://liveskull.bandcamp.com/album/saturday-night-massacre
"The first new album in 30 years from these noise rock pioneers... positively rips."
–Bandcamp Daily
"[Saturday Night Massacre] sees Live Skull embracing their gothy side, which works well with frontman Mark C‘s more seasoned voice. And despite a bit of a warmer sound, Live Skull haven’t let up on the intensity one bit."
–BrooklynVegan
"A likeable swagger, solid tunes... the sense that this Reagan era band have reawoken to an all too familiar political climate. Live Skull have recaptured some of the scuzzy energy that powered them back in day, which is more than can be said for some of their contemporaries."
–The Wire
"'Saturday Night Massacre' would be a lesser record if it only wanted to evoke memories, of Downtown and of the band’s past excellence. The happy news for folks who still love those mid-1980s Live Skull records is that this new LP is pretty good, and it wants to move the band’s sound forward... In our current conjuncture of virtual vapidity and superficial renditions of 'edgy' affect, Live Skull’s new record, thick with real feeling, is a welcome event."
"Iconic New York City-based band Live Skull who, along with Sonic Youth and Swans, defined the term 'noise rock' in the ’80s, have reformed... The punchy and restless 'Nova Police,' a potent track taken from the new album, features Thalia Zedek harmonizing with Mark C. amid chugging bass line rhythms, emphatic drum strikes, and burnished, angular guitar churn."
–The Big Takeover
"'Saturday Night Massacre' seems to be an album-length diatribe about the current political climate. The narrative voice provided by vocalist and founding member Mark C isn’t based in youthful outrage, but instead in a 'with-age-comes-wisdom' sense of knowingness... Musically, the approach has also been streamlined. In the past, Live Skull might have been lumped together with Sonic Youth, but this album might be the closest they’ve ever come to really sounding like them..."
–Burning Ambulance
Together with Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull defined post-No Wave NYC rock in the '80s. Its sound was influenced by British post-punk – Joy Division, Public Image Limited – but was located squarely in the depths of Downtown Manhattan. Dual guitars chimed and slashed; basslines drove; drums pounded and hypnotized; male and female vocals intertwined to conjure serial-killer imagery to match the intensity of real life in '80s Gotham.
The first new album since 1989, Saturday Night Massacre is an astounding comeback – gentle, ominous, hard-edged, all at once. "The reanimated crypt of Live Skull spawns a new brood of cheerful tunes sure to make your blood boil," frontman Mark C invites.
Live Skull tours Europe this month and plays an official record release show, Nov 29th at Saint Vitus, Brooklyn, NY!
Nov 17 - Groningen, NL @ Vera w/ Jon Spencer
Nov 18 - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown w/ Jon Spencer
Nov 21 - Ravenna, IT @ Transmissions Festival
Nov 22 - Ravenna, IT @ Transmissions Festival
Nov 24 - Lille, FR @ La Malterie
Nov 25 - Amsterdam, NL @ OCCII
Nov 26 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree w/ White Hills
Nov 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus (album release show)
Photo by Kirsten Thoen
–Bandcamp Daily
"[Saturday Night Massacre] sees Live Skull embracing their gothy side, which works well with frontman Mark C‘s more seasoned voice. And despite a bit of a warmer sound, Live Skull haven’t let up on the intensity one bit."
–BrooklynVegan
"A likeable swagger, solid tunes... the sense that this Reagan era band have reawoken to an all too familiar political climate. Live Skull have recaptured some of the scuzzy energy that powered them back in day, which is more than can be said for some of their contemporaries."
–The Wire
"'Saturday Night Massacre' would be a lesser record if it only wanted to evoke memories, of Downtown and of the band’s past excellence. The happy news for folks who still love those mid-1980s Live Skull records is that this new LP is pretty good, and it wants to move the band’s sound forward... In our current conjuncture of virtual vapidity and superficial renditions of 'edgy' affect, Live Skull’s new record, thick with real feeling, is a welcome event."
–Dusted
–The Big Takeover
"'Saturday Night Massacre' seems to be an album-length diatribe about the current political climate. The narrative voice provided by vocalist and founding member Mark C isn’t based in youthful outrage, but instead in a 'with-age-comes-wisdom' sense of knowingness... Musically, the approach has also been streamlined. In the past, Live Skull might have been lumped together with Sonic Youth, but this album might be the closest they’ve ever come to really sounding like them..."
–Burning Ambulance
Together with Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull defined post-No Wave NYC rock in the '80s. Its sound was influenced by British post-punk – Joy Division, Public Image Limited – but was located squarely in the depths of Downtown Manhattan. Dual guitars chimed and slashed; basslines drove; drums pounded and hypnotized; male and female vocals intertwined to conjure serial-killer imagery to match the intensity of real life in '80s Gotham.
The first new album since 1989, Saturday Night Massacre is an astounding comeback – gentle, ominous, hard-edged, all at once. "The reanimated crypt of Live Skull spawns a new brood of cheerful tunes sure to make your blood boil," frontman Mark C invites.
Live Skull tours Europe this month and plays an official record release show, Nov 29th at Saint Vitus, Brooklyn, NY!
Nov 17 - Groningen, NL @ Vera w/ Jon Spencer
Nov 18 - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown w/ Jon Spencer
Nov 21 - Ravenna, IT @ Transmissions Festival
Nov 22 - Ravenna, IT @ Transmissions Festival
Nov 24 - Lille, FR @ La Malterie
Nov 25 - Amsterdam, NL @ OCCII
Nov 26 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree w/ White Hills
Nov 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus (album release show)
Photo by Kirsten Thoen
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