Name: Sex Cult - Hauser's Babe by PSYCHIC RITES
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: Demo from a pre-endemic project. We were getting ready to start playing shows and then Covid hit. lol. fuck. RIP Hauser's Babe. Here's to a band that never happened.

Become My Monster

Nothing Remains

Dune Altar (DA-042)

The sonic equivalent of standing on a beach as a tidal wave approaches, listening to IRESS is to be aware of certain devastation, yet grateful to witness something so terrifyingly beautiful, and transfixed in anticipation for whatever happens next.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2010, IRESS employ dark, commanding elements of shoegaze, slowcore and metal, swelling in moments of cinematic-like crescendo. Dubbed the “Adele of Doom” by her local LA music peers, frontwoman Michelle Malley’s vocals have the power to envelop with smokey warmth, destroy with anguished belting, and arrest with unbelievable restraint. Bassist, Michael Maldonado, provides the much-needed anchor in the bewitching melodies and reverb, while drummer, Glenn Chu, pushes unrelentingly forward. Guitarist, Graham Walker, joined in 2022 instigating a new, more collaborative way of working for the band. This chemistry is undeniable on stage as the intentionality applied to live performances leaves audiences stunned to silence in moments, brought to tears in others when impaled by Malley’s emotional screams, all the while supplying a satisfying amount of crushing distortion to head bang through.

The success of Iress’ newfound anatomy can also be heard in the exceptionally composed, staggering wave of doomgazey sound on the upcoming Solace EP, which tells the story of the brutal reality of change: inevitable, painful and beautiful.

Solace

Blush

IRESS - Blush

Demo from a pre-endemic project. We were getting ready to start playing shows and then Covid hit. lol. fuck. RIP Hauser's Babe. Here's to a band that never happened.

Sex Cult - Hauser's Babe

SHENTAN

The Killing Scene
Available on Vinyl, Cassette and Digital Download
Hard Beat Records, November 2014

Start The Suffocation

DJ HEX ME presents a new concept album on cassette tape, vol. 1 of the Tastemaker series.

Sex Cult - Hauser's Babe

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