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Mum And Dad

Kiss of Death

Label: Twisted Nerve Release Date: 01/04/2002

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gdobson by Gareth Dobson April 5th, 2002

A short, sharp, burst of evil fuzz glam groove is Mum & Dad’s first offering for a while, and my, haven’t they got nasty!

Imagine Earl Brutus with really bad hangovers attempting to play the Scream’s XTRMNTR on the set of The Exorcist. Lip-smackingly sinister, 'Kiss of Death' is the unhinged tale of murdering your ex girlfriend in a fit of obsessive rage. The press release praises it for its "relative melodic straightforwardness”, and you realise that ‘relative’ is very much a, well, relative word. Quite hard to work out who exactly is going to play and enjoy this in the comfort of their own homes, except of course serial killers, but it inhabits its own dagger-carved niche nicely.

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