Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 15, 2021
This is excellent. There’s a desperate honesty that seeps through in the vocals, recalling one of my favorite gothic Americana bands Sixteen Horsepower. The music is equal parts classic metal, psych rock, and alternative pop. And maybe some desert rock is in there, too. Sometimes I think I’m hearing Portugal the Man, and others early 80s British metallers Witch Cross. Lute FP