The Paranoyds
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Carnage Bargain is a great album title, and thankfully, LA quartet the Paranoyds live up to that cleverness on this action-packed record. Released this year by Suicide Squeeze, Carnage Bargain clicks instantly with tart, hook-laden songs that balance sinewy guitars with Laila Hashemi’s assertive vocals. The album’s 10 tracks flit among riot-grrrl, power-pop, garage-rock, and glam-metal touchstones with finesse and cool. Their most exciting track, “Laundry,” lasts only 68 seconds. Perverse! For fans of Suzi Quatro, Blondie, X, the B-52s, the Breeders, and Kim Gordon’s droll vocal delivery.
by Dave Segal