Spectres er fra Vancouver og spiller postpunk, så man får flashback til sin storesøsters koncertminer fra 1984. Spectres er udgiver på Deranged Records over dammen og Sabotage Records i Europa, som med rette beskriver bandets sidste plade således... "This new record features ten songs that explore a range of influences from early west coast punk to British post-punk and anarcho, early death rock and new wave."... Så er der vist lagt op til en god aften!
Melting Walkmen er en omgang dansk post-punk, som af uforklarelige årsager ikke har ramt 1000Fryd før, men nu sker det! Bandet har tydelige inspiration fra Joy Division og det er jo ikke en dårlig ting, men der trækkes også tråde tilbage til både den britiske scene anno 1977, danske Fritz Fatal fra post-punk bandet Before, Steen Jørgensen fra hans tid i punkbandet Sods og Funder fra goth-punkbandet ADS.
Bandet har spillet en lang række koncerter, bl.a. til det stort anlagte arrangement "A Scream in the Dark" for et par år siden. Har ofte spillet live med de danske post-punk bands Chainsaw Eaters og The City Kill. Melting Walkmen er en del af Red Tape kollektivet, hvor bandets indtil videre eneste plade er udkommet.
And in english...
Spectres are a Post Punk band from Vancouver, B.C. originally formed largely as a studio only project by Brian Gustavson and Steve Hanker In Coombs, British Columbia. After self releasing several demos both Gustavson and Hanker relocated to Vancouver and brought Heather and Nathan Szilagyi in on Drums and Bass, and Zach Batalden in on second guitar. Heather Szilagyi would soon be replaced by Steve Gerenscer on drums, and after releasing two singles and touring the west coast with the Estranged Hanker would leave the band to be replaced by Tyler Pilling. 2010 saw the release of the band’s first full length LP, LAST DAYS which was followed in 2011 by a European tour and a split 7” with Arctic Flowers. In 2012 the band released a ‘discography so far’ featuring previously unreleased material on Crysis records in Malaysia and also began work on their second LP, NOTHING TO NOWHERE. This new project was Spectres most ambitious to date, with ten new songs that push the band’s sound in new directions. NOTHING TO NOWHERE is a joint release, by Deranged records in North America and Sabotage records in Europe.