Dead Cells – I [Vancouver PUNK] – New LP

  Vancouver, BC PUNK!   brought to Green Noise thanks to Josh Nickel (of Chain Whip fame) and his label Neon Taste in Vancouver, Canada.  In fact, this is a Vancouver band, and while the dark minimal punchy punk sounds like the Pacific Northwest, elements owe something to the goth punk of Berlin (and other places) so it's not surprising that the German label Erste Theke Tonträger picked this up.  And good thing someone did because this jumps from the gate and never lets up, hoofs hitting the rain-soaked concrete running, drumming black top and cracking black ice, stomping out of the thick Pacific Northwest fog just about midnight just to serve punk justice and rapid-punch you in the face. -- winch (green noise) ETT - 078 - Dead Cells - I LP by Dead Cells "DEAD CELLS out of Vancouver do it dark, desperate, and minimal. An archaic sound from the gothic ages of punk - when punk was catchy, but also dangerous. Going back to the three chord song, with downstrokes, vicious energy, and the t