Endure

"The New Orleans band provide a release from tough times with a hardcore album inflected by funk, glam rock and disco".

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"Best New music" - "On their remarkable third album, the New Orleans band pushes their sound to both its bleakest and its sweetest brinks. Pop, disco, and house all melt into their raucous, revolutionary glam punk".

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"New Orleans D.I.Y. scenesters Special Interest signed with Rough Trade after making a splash with a pair of raw and outspoken, often grooving albums that combined styles ranging from no wave, post-punk, and alternative dance to pure, venting punk rock. On their Rough Trade debut, Endure, they expand even further upon this wide-ranging sonic territory to dip their toes into more refined funk and arty dance-rock (think the B-52s et al.) while smoothing rough edges a little - but just a little ... By the end, the album both feels like an inevitable destination from prior albums and represents an excellent entry point for the uninitiated".

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