Cosmetic, by NOTS

Cosmetic

by NOTS

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Danny Good, rocking punk music. Hard rocking in fact. The production/sounds on this one are really creative. There's an out-there quality to this band that's cool. Too grimey to be psychedelic. It's great. Everyone in the band can play, so that's nice too. Fuckin rocking music. Favorite track: Rat King.

CraftBeerJoe Every song on this album is good, and Flourescent Sunset is a close second, but I have to give the #1 spot to Entertain Me. It does an amazing job of showcasing what every member of the band brings to the table. I can't wait to see these new songs performed live! Favorite track: Entertain Me.

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1.	Blank Reflection 04:04	buy track
2.	Rat King 01:56	buy track
3.	Cold Line 03:16	buy track
4.	New Structures 03:50	buy track
5.	Cosmetic 05:31	buy track
6.	No Novelty 01:41	buy track
7.	Inherently Low 02:52	buy track
8.	Flourescent Sunset 04:13	buy track
9.	Entertain Me 07:05	buy track

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Second full-length statement from Memphis' NOTS, Cosmetic fearlessly attacks the rough edges between desire, deceit, appearance and reality. Not chanting down Babylon, Natalie Hoffmann screams straight into its face. In this Game Of Death, Nots run through the maze of mirrors with sledgehammers. Oh, the sound of mirrors smashing. Let's smash some more.

Nots are still a wild guitar band, but above and below the guitar, bass and drum pound, Alexandra Eastburn's analog synth blurps melodies and nonsense, teasing squiggles of freedom which defy the false grid of modern life. Cosmetic? Emetic? "Monotone Lust" indeed. With Hoffmann on guitar & vocals, Eastburn on synth, Charlotte Watson beating drums, and Meredith Lones steering a solid path through the chaos on bass, Nots are neither content with the smug "stare at your shoes" approach of bands from both coasts, nor an Earth-hugging "we need to get back to nature" hippie copout. There might not be any answers here. That might be the point. Nots have arrived at the next level of their attack with a confidence and a music that lays waste to the wasteland without romantic attachment to a thing.

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released September 9, 2016

Recorded with Keith Cooper and Andrew McCalla in Memphis. Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering. Album Art by Natalie Hoffmann.

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