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Los Angeles

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CptHatemonger
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CptHatemonger Roaring out of the gate astride a hook that won't be denied with a fuck-you attitude that's far outlived the expression it's delivered through, X debut album stands as the pinnacle of West Coast punk and one of the best of the genre at large. You also get a scorching cut of The Doors' 'Soul Kitchen', one of punk's most enduring anthems in the title track, and a closer so tight, catchy and emotionally resonating that it more than makes up for the relative dud it follows. - 9.5/10
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Humancrud1 What an amazing album. I love the duet singing and the riffs on this album are so awesome. The lyrics are catchy and such good talent X had among other punks bands. Raw punk sound with some great rock n roll jump. Favorite song: Johnny Hit and Run Paulene.
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Code Early L.A. punk at its finest. Classic album, Nausea is one of my fav songs of all time. Favorite track: Nausea.
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    Vinyl collection of 4 classic X albums plus Adult Books 7" all from Fat Possum's 2018 remastered reissue series. Digital download of Los Angeles included.

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    Wild Gift
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    More Fun In The New World
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Musically, Los Angeles is almost infallible. “Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You‘re Not” kicks off with relentless immediacy as if you’ve jumped into a speeding car on a midnight tour. Doe and Cervenka trade lead vocals and occasionally Cervenka veers stunningly off course in vivid and blistering wails, a Siouxsie Sioux in Southern California. On top of Bonebrake’s motoring drums, the songs are dark and doom-laden, fiery and mordant. X sings about drugs and violence and cruising and ennui, conjuring a mood that prefigures Hüsker Dü’s “Diane” and Sonic Youth’s Bad Moon Rising. They stick it to the upper class with “Sex and Dying in High Society” and they finish with one of the best punk love songs of all time, “The World’s a Mess, It’s in My Kiss.” “Go to hell, see if you like it/Then come home with me”—the musical equivalent of cigarette ashes and red lipstick—the end to a wild ride through Los Angeles’ underworld. - Rebecca Bengal Pitchfork.com

1980 - Remastered 2018

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released February 22, 2019

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X Los Angeles, California

Formed in 1977, X quickly established themselves as one of the best bands in the first wave of LA's flourishing punk scene; becoming legendary leaders of a punk generation. In 2020 - they released their first new album in 35 years, ALPHABETLAND

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