Post-worldbeat” trio Algiers, who originally hail from the US’s muggy Deep South, have signed to Matador Records,they have announced a self-titled debut LP, and unveiled a fresh single.
“But She Was Not Flying” is a tormented slab of dark soul-rock; it’s a Southern Gothic death rattle, riddled with the possessed howls of lead singer Franklin James Fisher, warped gospel vox and rapture-inspired keys. It’s dramatic, horror-scorched and frighteningly fascinating. Algiers is a band of musicians born in Atlanta, Georgia, the rotten hub of the Ol’ American South, where W.E.B. Dubois once saw a riot goin’ on, and where the hell and highwater swirls ‘round to the knees.
Algiers will be released by Matador Records later this year.
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