Des Demonas

***"Washington DC band DES DEMONAS exploded into the national consciousness with a debut LP on In The Red a few months back, and they're not letting up now... as diseased organ-soaked and fizz-drenched as it can get. 'Bay of Pigs' keeps it real with it's pounding chorus 'Feeling like a Victim of Tiiiiiime' so naturally this works on many levels. Featuring a guitar player from KID CONGO & THE PINKMONKEY BIRDS, who also did time in THE MAKE-UP, it's got credentials to spare, but this six-foot-five Kenyan lead singer (JACKY COUGAR ABOK, ex-GINO AND THE GOONS) is gonna steal the show for certain. There's a faint Deadly Snakes vibe when the organ tone really hits, too, but this is much, much, heavier and less quaint, with the guttural vocals steering this into a stomping mess of noise. Far more rambunctious and unholy, far more strained and angry."—Todd Novak, Victim of Time