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In an era of shorter attention spans, there’s something intensely thrilling about a debut that doesn’t let up for its 11-song stretch. Nikki Brumen’s vocals screech with an irrepressible urgency that’s impossible to ignore, yet there’s much more at work for the Melbourne four-piece than just a woman with a brutal scream. Xavier Santilli’s menacing riffs mixed with the stick-in-your-skull rhythms of “Death Before Disco” will have you dancing through fist

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