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greennoiserecords.com
(US) Dec 2025
Texas does it again, the band charging at the songs with a mix of fuzz and clarity,
careless focus, intention and effortless, welcoming and exorcising, blowing
the sawdust from the work bench, tension that pulls you in and chucks you out,
the songs with something that almost sounds like restraint to increase the tension,
sounds like trying to kick a scorpion loose from your pant leg, filthy pop songs
chucked into a 55 gallon drum and shaken around in the soiled oil at the bottom,
garage punk sopping up puddles from the Dirtnap catalog and the 1990s, the rhythm
section sinking their claws into it, the drumming nailing the songs to your
skull, a linked-armed tightness that maybe can only come from a trio, one thing
on their mind, but each clearly with a mind of their own, songs likely coming
from the end of relationships with titles like Useless, Dead To Me, Don't Wanna
Be Your Boyfriend, You Let me Down, maybe influences from across the southern
half of the United States, people/places like Personality Cult/North Carolina,
Reatard/Tennessee, Marked Men/Texas, Destruction Unit/Arizona, Gun Club/ Los
Angeles. Check it out. It's great. (mw)
addtowantlist.com NOV 2025 The debut mini-album from Austin trio Death Party, Haunted, lands right in time for the Halloween season — a band name and album title made for each other. The cover art hints at something darker, maybe even metal, but don’t be fooled. This is an Alien Snatch! Records release, which means Death Party sound less like they crawled from a crypt and more like they just stumbled out of a garage after a loud, glorious mess of a rehearsal. Haunted packs eight rockin’, punkin’ garage-pop nuggets onto a 10". The opener, Make You Mine, starts things off brightly, but much of the record leans into darker moods — fitting for a band called Death Party, though still loaded with hooks. Think somewhere between Mind Spiders and OBN III’s: grimy, catchy, and buzzing with nervous energy. It’s the kind of record that makes you wish every haunting sounded this fun. (Niek)
manierenversagen.de (GER) NOV 2025 Sieht so aus, als müssten die jungen Leute bei den "Democrats" in den USA einfach nur zum Islam konvertieren und schon gewinnen sie auch wieder Wahlen. Da hat das Christentum wohl ausgedient. OK. Passenderweise heute die Death Party aus Texas, die aus drei Leuten besteht und viel größer sollte so eine Garage Punk Veranstaltung auch nicht sein. Im Fahrwasser von solch schaurig schönen Bands wie den Hex Dispensers oder den krachigen Pop Nummern von den ganzen Keller Rabauken aus deiner Kleinstadt. Zusammen ergibt das eingängigen Garage Power Pop Punk im PBR Dunst. Das hier ist die Debüt 10" mit 8 Songs. Cool. (A)
VOIX DE GARAGE Dec 2025 J’avoue que je n’ai pas été très impressionné par la 1ère écoute de ce 25cm. Je ne savais rien de ce groupe avant de recevoir ce promo… Mais rapidement ensuite je me suis retrouvé avec les oreilles bien attirées par sa musique. Bon Death Party est un trio d’Austin, et ce « Haunted » constitue leur 1ère sortie ! Mais au début je me suis demandé ce que Alien Snatch Rds (un label que j’aime beaucoup) avait pu leur trouver de particulier, le patronyme n’est pas super emballant, certes la pochette est intéressante, mais comme ça de prime abord… Il est vrai que la scène de Austin à toujours fourni de bons petits groupes qu’on a aimé aimer ! 8 chansons bien accrocheuses dans une vibe Punk 77 avec des petits relents Buzzcocks mais sans revivalisme, Indie Garage moderne à la Brat Farrat, et avec l’efficacité de la Power Pop dans son versant musclé mais ni tirant vers le Hard Rock ni vers le Hc mélo. Efficacité, impact, mélodie, un rythme élevé mais jamais échevellé… Un son de guitare qui se colle à votre cervelet mais ne fait pas dans la surenchère. Un chanteur qui est dans le ton, et un rythmique qui sacrifie tout à la métronomie et à l’efficacité !Death Party : l’essayer c’est l’adopter !!! (BT)
RUMORE.COM (IT) Feb 2026 Il trio di Austin ha scelto una ragione sociale che omaggia i Gun Club e per la foto di copertina dell’esordio – bella l’edizione su vinile 10” color aqua blue – il cantante e chitarrista Nicky si fa ritrarre come Jay Reatard su Blood Visions. Uno più uno fa due. La nebbiolina sixties che ammanta Dead To Me è difficile da spiegare a parole. Come è difficile convincere l’ascoltatore indie che sta in fissa per Dylan Baldi, quanto siano stati grandi i Mind Spiders. Ecco, magari sparate Don’t Wanna Be Your Boyfrend e poi leggete le note per scoprire che l’album è stato prodotto da Mark Ryan. I Death Party, come i nostri Bee Bee Sea, stanno (ri)disegnando il garage punk contemporaneo con dosi bilanciatissime di melodia e sporcizia, irruenza e nostalgia.(Vote 78/100, Manuel Graziani, RUMORE MAGAZINE, January 2023)
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