New band of the day – Craft Spells (No 1,002)

Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, Frankie Soto, Jack Doyle Smith, Anna Luxx Ryon. The background: Some years are seen as explosive and revolutionary in terms of invention and impact, while others are regarded as, well, damp squibs. Nineteen seventy-five, ie the Year Before Punk Broke, is considered by many to be just that: 12 months of purgatory before the Sex P...

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