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CHANNELS 3x4 - "Christianity" LP (GGGR-025).

CHANNELS 3x4.
Originally slated to come out on Summer Lovers United several years ago, as a follow up
to their “Christian Girls Like to Get Cut” 12” ep w/ Johnny Jewel – this long delayed collection
of Vancouver riot grrl synth punk has finally made it’s way out there. Members of SHEARING PINX
and TWIN CRYSTALS, their output includes many obscure gems in the realms of cassettes and
lathes on their respective ISOLATED NOW WAVES and DEAR + BIRD labels. Dancey, manic
outbursts from three of the many prolific members of the modern Vancouver scene. RIYL: Glass
Candy, Crystal Castles, Screamers, Huggy Bear
MP3: CHANNELS 3x4 - "A Pied".

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Still Single:
What’s more confusing: the general Canuck fascination with Screamers-style synth abuse and racing Caucasian robot dance beats, or the fact that it’s still a going concern some 10-15 years after most of the world has stopped caring? Was Black Cat #13 really that much of a force? Channels 3 and 4 would argue as much, slicing up a treatise of relentless monotony, redeemable mainly by the velocity at which it’s played. Everything here is straight up 1999, threeoneg/toilet-stall list, the sort of music that people who fantasize about the replicant Pris freaking out on their sex parts would enjoy. The slash-fiction guise and abandon within certainly make up for the conflation of lockstep rhythmic intensity with new and interesting ideas, and in that sense it’s a win. Their take on “1970” is certainly a surprise, and not necessarily one I would have expected (it’s not listed on the credits, but appears as a bonus track at the end of the record). I’d like to go back in time too, when I had a chance with people like these, pounds lighter and freed from responsibility. But I live in the now, and I like rock ‘n’ roll because it’s almost always done well by me, whereas a bunch of antisocial teens or arrested development cases only serve to make me feel worse about myself. If you wanna bring it back, this is the record in which you must place your faith. Tape microchips to your arm and use it to jack off with. (http://www.gilgongorecords.com)
(Doug Mosurock)