Wax Lead, Vio\ator, and Lip Sick

Wax Lead (Minneapolis post-punk) and Vio\ator (Oakland industrial synth) complete their west coast tour with Lip Sick at Berserk. $7 at the door or two for $10, so bring a friend.

Wax Lead
waxlead.bandcamp.com/
facebook.com/waxlead
youtube.com/channel/UCLGtpNaiqixqZap0hSQoZ3A

Vio\ator
violatormusic.bandcamp.com/
facebook.com/violatormusic/
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Wax Lead
"Brewing ‘post-punk, ballads, soundscapes, and silence since 2017

With a self-released debut 4-tracker, entitled “Husband, Lord, & Master”, at the very end of last year [2018] under their belt, the quartet play a poignant, dense and vibrant, bordering on goth, noir-ish post-punk leaning on evocative layers of twangy guitars, hypnotic somber bass lines, enriched by heartfelt and moving passionate vocalizations, influenced by artists like the Cranes, Nick Cave, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Madrugada.

Rumbling and seething bleak bassline, backed by tight drums, ominously pulses unremittingly throughout, penetrated by jittery piercing guitar chords that supremely whine, rip, radiate and collide, achingly echoing murky, angry, equally fragile and powerful, female vocals weighted by deep hopeless fear and distress as a woman rebukes about greed, vanity, and indifference in the dystopian land of mass consumerism.

Shadowy and introspective, both compelling and subtly disturbing, “Honey on the Moon” is pervaded by a profound sense of reckless endangerment that speaks straight to the heart."
-White Light // White Heat