Rowland. S Howard - Pop Crimes LP xx1981 The Vancouver-based power trio Spell

The Vancouver-based power trio Spell have wasted little time proving themselves the new masters of the metaphysical

On his third long player Tenth Volume Of Maps

weird & obscure songs from the hillbilly underground at the end of the 50s — music that straddles the line between country

bloodier and more viscous

using non-instruments like telephone directories

Rowland. S Howard - Pop Crimes LP xx1981 The Vancouver-based power trio SpellSounding dark and devious, as if he was perpetually pondering on a soapbox, ignored by all passerby's, guitar in hand, preaching of the final days, and the lack of human immortality; in that who we are, and what we leave behind is a mere blurred vision of what we do and whom we effect. Essentially, Pop Crimes is flawless at painting a perverse and askew image of pop culture in all of its subversive faded glory, complete with covers by both Talk Talk