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"Everyone high-fiving everyone" That's the description Fang Island give of their music and honestly i shouldn't have to say anymore...but I will. Mainly instrumental, this Brooklyn 5-piece string together euphoric guitar riffs, pounding basslines and tight-as-hell drumming to create epic, triumphant gatherings of sound. Curanga builts up slowly to an eruption of punk-fuelled, Thin Lizzy-esque, six-string mayhem. Its energy and its unashamed ballsiness is infectious, you just want to jump around and hug around in sight when its on. I get the sense that Fang Island use their music to bring people together, it has a real unity to it, [...]

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