Blog: Obscure Sound

London-based Black Manila cite hardcore early garage, specifically The Pretty Things, as a major influence, but "Fiasco" touches on ferocious art-rock and sneering punk as well. Over repetitively hypnotic guitar strums, nasally excitement from the vocals gives a foreboding sense of a big chorus. The verses' simplicity suggests it on its own, so when the chorus does arrive in its full grace - and the stop-start pattern of the screeching guitars descends into a dramatic murmur - the listener is fully prepared

• Black Manila - Fiasco » 3agw.mp3