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Premiere UNDERPASS’s Ashes + “Red Reflection” LP – Review
In June, dark postpunk band Underpass’s sophomore Red Reflection LP will be released on the band’s No Sun Recordings label. Red Reflection is one of the most noteworthy dark postpunk LPs, from the newer crop of bands, of the modern era — for reasons I’ll explain below. Two years ago,

THE GOTHIC PUNK OF RULE OF THIRDS: Interview, Review, + US Tour Dates
Rule of Thirds‘ self-titled debut LP will be released in a few weeks on Mass Media in the US, on keyboardist Lewis Ratboy’s No Patience label in their native Australia, and in Europe on Desire Records (What a trifecta of great labels, by the way). The Adelaide gothy postpunk band’s

Exclusive CVLT Nation Streaming: RULE OF THIRDS “The River”
This is no joke – on April 1st, RULE OF THIRDS will embark on their 1st North American tour! Their soon to be released album is the bomb from beginning to end! Right here and now, we have been given the honor to premiere their new tune “The River” below…Will

An interview with Vancouver Post – Punk band UNDERPASS
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Alexander Miranda co-founded Underpass only last year, and yet their debut LP, “Assimilation,” came out on Desire a few weeks ago. A powerful document of alienation, isolation, despair, hope, and resistance, the icy and despondent dark postpunk of the band might have been released on early Factory

Glorious & Moving Post -Punk!
UNDERPASS “Assimilation” LP Review + Stream
Vancouver, BC/Olympia, WA’s UNDERPASS are a very special band indeed: sounding like Mancunians from 1980, the icy and despondent dark postpunk of the band might have been released on early Factory Records or on 4AD when bands like The Wake and Mass characterized those labels’ sounds. The 6-song Assimilation LP