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Death Set, The
Counter Records
General | Apr 2008

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Brick
Reviewed 2008-06-05
The Death Set Are a dance/punk crossover band from Baltimore, although they’re much better at the punk part then the dance part. Their songs usually consist of male or female melodic punk vocals, a repetitive and hard drum beat, a couple of beeps and blips, maybe a sample or so, and buzzsaw guitars. They’ve got a good sound, and are at their best when they keep the energy up and the songs short. Give it a whirl, no balls req’d.

FCC Tracks 3, 4, 13
Picks 10, 9, 5 15, 17

1* Robot Voice Saying ‘Solve It’
2** Singsongy female vox with electro beat and quick tempo and attitude.
3** Simple drum machine beat and slower punk guitars w/ male vox. FCC.
4*** Piece about ‘intermission’ with grating female punk vox. FCC.
5**** Synthy 46 second instrumental ditty with slower drum machine and playful buzzsaw guitars
6*** punk guitar line, drum machine beat, male indiscernible vox, catchy happy chorus.
7** Happy beepy number with boring drum machine pattern, handclaps, punky playful vocals that get kind of annoying for the chorus.
8***More interesting Beat and beeps with beeps double-dutch vocals “run you’re going to die/you’re impossible”
9**** Cool, krauty guitars, off kilter beep, handclaps, gary numan sample, male punk vox.
10****Buzzsaw Guitars, Straight Up Punk
11***Quick Beat and Simple Riff Interlude
12**Catchy Punk Vox Intro, then buzzsaw guitars and simple beat
13** FCC. ‘The Muthafuckin Death Set’ said and spliced over a beat
14*** Jangly, Happier, Indie Poppier song
15****Angular Guitars, FreneticSingsongy Female Vox, Tom Heavy Beat.
16***Quick Casio Beat
17**** Rippin high energy buzzsaw punk song, ‘I’ve heard it all before’ over faster beat
18* Guitars have no balls, wo-ahhhh vocals, slower tempo, bigger synth part to build to the end of the record.

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Solve It
Volcano RadioAug 06, 2008

Charting

2008-06-15 — 2008-08-17 Electronic
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 10 1
Aug 3 2
Jul 27 1
Jul 20 2
Jun 29 1

Track listing

1. Solve It
2. Listen To This Collison
3. Negative Thinking
4. Intermission
5. Spaz
6. Cold Teeth
7. Around The World
8. Impossible
9. Superzero
10. Day In The Wife
11. Bla!
12. Moving Forward
13. Mfds
14. Had A Bird
15. Peak Oil
16. This Song
17. Heard It All Before
18. Selective Memories