Killer Couture – Everything Is Normal (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Transylvanian Recordings)
Killer Couture is a Sacramento-based (USA) duo that has been active since 2012. With an already solid discography, their third and most recent album—released last year—adds another fierce chapter to their sonic arsenal.
Killer Couture delivers a hard-hitting sound that seamlessly blends multiple genres. While rooted in the raw intensity of American Industrial featuring mind-blowing guitar play, their music also incorporates elements of Electro and even hints of Industrial-Shoegaze. Uncompromising and unapologetic, the duo forges ahead on its own path.
The production is relentless, evoking an imagined collision between Ministry, Big Black, and Suicide. Spoken samples occasionally punctuate the album, while the vocals—buried in the mix—amplify the music’s sheer intensity.
While not every track hits the mark, the album as a whole makes a strong statement and is definitely worth exploring. (Rating:6).
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About Killer Couture
The band formed in 2016 and started performing live using metal and power tools as instruments. In 2018, they self-released their first album “God Forgive The Children,” followed by 2019’s “What’s Left?”
After the pandemic in 2020, unable to perform or write together, and following the departure of their third member, Killer Couture was forced to find a new way to survive. Writing music separately throughout the pandemic, the remaining duo and original lineup of Set Draven and Elliott Petrella were finally able to begin merging their ideas.
As soon as it was safe, with Set traveling to San Francisco from Sacramento across several weekends, they began writing, editing, and tracking the demos that became “Everything Is Normal.” It is the first album to feature Elliott’s guitar playing and songwriting, and the first mixed and recorded with producer Pat Hills of Sacramento’s EarthTone Studios, who connected the duo with the Bay Area independent label Transylvanian Recordings.
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