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Salem, On tourIf you can imagine what a hip-hop club run by heavily sedated goths might sound like, you're pretty close to the sound of Salem. This is a trio who have made their reputation with a mixture of several different types of extremity: from dark humour (their debut EP was called Yes I Smoke Crack) to a harsh and degraded visual aesthetic (their videos play like Lynchian Super 8 road movies). Most persuasive, however, is the intensity of their sound. Slow, booming and distorted, Salem's ...

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