Lifeless Stilettos: American Boy II
(Cracked Ankles)
7″ | DL
2nd Could 2025
Manchester’s depraved and wirey garage-punks Lifeless Stilettos return with a quickfire new single on the ever-wonderful Crackedankles Data.
Not two months in the past we have been singing the praises of Lifeless Stilettos on the discharge of their debut EP. “…plucked and pruned, shorn of fats, wirey and depraved to the very finish”, we mentioned as we begged for extra. And now now we have it. Two extra nice tracks that show they’re ones to observe this 12 months. Having already launched their EP on the improbable Bitter Grapes Data, for his or her new single they’ve a hand from the equally nice Cracked Ankles, residence to the like of Evil Blizzard, lifeless issues, Hauspoints and more moderen LTW favourites.
And any followers of these bands will know precisely the place Lifeless Stilettos are coming from, as American Boy II surges forth over a deep, darkish and twisted post-punk storage racket. It drops all the way down to sparse, one-guitar line drones earlier than kicking up once more right into a confrontational riot. It already looks like they’ll be band which are arduous to pin down as they flit by way of gothic tones and out into spiky storage/punk.
Over on the flip facet they offer us Learn The Signal. Over a scattergun beat they lay down certainly one of their most aggressive spitting punk monitor thus far. It riles and rages, an ideal sonic battering with an ideal grooving bassline behind it, vocals that warn of hazard within the darkness. Cracking stuff.
However, you snooze and lose as phrase has simply are available whereas writing that the 7″ single has already flown out. So, you’ll must await a (potential) repress, leap on Ebay (however who is aware of how a lot they are going to be going for there) or head on over to Bandcamp or presave it right here.
Catch Lifeless Stilettos dwell…
02/05: The Ferret, Preston (Crackedankles Weekender)
03/05: The Packhorse, Leeds
17/05: Meltchester Competition, Manchester
Teeside, Bristol, Stoke, and London dates to return…and there are whisperings of some important pageant dates coming in for them too.
Lifeless Stilettos are on Fb, Instagram, and TikTok.
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Phrases by Nathan Whittle. Discover his Louder Than Conflict archive right here.
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