Two well-received tapes and a small slab of wax under their belt since 2017, the ATX portion of ethereal post-punk/shoegaze quintet Temple of Angels met its L.A. counterparts on the coast in September to record an anticipated debut full-length. A year prior, the group stripped down to a duo on YouTube, Bre Morell’s powerful voice suspending over the clean flange of a guitar for a reco-worthy take on Blaze Foley’s “If I Could Only Fly,” performed live at dusk in an Austin field. Essential local punks Mujeres Podridas and Breakout complete the trifecta.
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— Greg Stitt
