Blog: Wine, Women And Song

D welling in Doubt, the 2006 debut by Erie, Pennsylvania's Village of Dead Roads, was an impressive slab of hateful aggression. The only thing going against it were the tits-on-a-bull useless noise vignettes that were peppered throughout. With sophomore release Desolation Will Destroy You, the four-piece avoids making the same mistake. Instead, they offer up a relentless bludgeoning of eight songs that capitalize on their Cavity by way of Cable by way of Isis attack. The band rarely plays it completely direct, opting to come at you from left of center. For instance, "Our Cold War" starts off [...]