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HMLTD: West of Eden review – riotous rock and grand guignol glam | Musique Non Stop

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Friday, February 7, 2020

HMLTD: West of Eden review – riotous rock and grand guignol glam

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The London band throw together glam, goth, electro, Kurt Weill … and have even added conventional pop to the mix

It seemed as though HMLTD’s moment had come and gone. A couple of years ago, their riotous gigs were the most fun you could have while paying too much for warm cans of lager, but a deal with Sony seemed a stretch for a band who, no matter how great they were live, didn’t seem to be rolling in radio-friendly hit singles. They were duly dropped and, as their contemporaries from the scene based around the Windmill in south London overtook them – Shame, Goat Girl, Black Midi – HMLTD seemed condemned to having been a brief but startling firework.

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by Michael Hann via Electronic music | The Guardian

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