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Hot off the heels of their critically renowned debut album Flower of Life, L.A.\u2019s dark underground darlings Taleen Kali return with a densely crafted sophomore album. Aepex represents an exciting darker direction taken by the band with influences ranging from The Horrors, Sextile, L.A. Witch, Tamaryn, Curve, Chapterhouse, and more. <\/p>\n

From the eponymous anti-capitalistic, post-content anthem opener \u201cAepex\u201d to the dreamy dirge closing track \u201cCrossed,\u201d the album has ceaseless moments devastating tension accompanied by cosmic transcendence. It features heavy breakbeat drums, incendiary beat changes, Middle Eastern melodies, swirling sheets of guitar fuzz, and dark feminine vocals with a powerful range: from commanding to sugar-sweet. The band\u2019s signature mashup of post-punk, L.A. punk, and shoegaze finds itself moving from the light-hearted beach into the mystical desert realms, coalescing into a haunting and alluring body of work that\u2019s much needed during these dark times.<\/p>\n

For the new era of sounds, Taleen Kali returned to The Cave Studios to record with engineer and producer Josiah Mazzaschi (Light FM, Bizou, Child Seat) who also mixed and mastered the album. The band enlisted the help of Chris King (Cold Showers, Kai Tak) for additional mixing on \u201cAepex\u201d and \u201cCrossed,\u201d and invited AFI\u2019s Hunter Burgan to play saxophone on the dark psych-meets-riot-grrrl \u201cBlack Rose\u201d and bass on \u201cEternal Eye\u201d which is a saccharine sweet shoegaze song set against a heavy rhythm section. This release also collects the earlier singles \u201cViper,\u201d \u201cAepex,\u201d and \u201cCrossed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Track Listing<\/h3>\n
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  1. Black Rose (3:33)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Viper (3:46)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Aepex (3:50)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Crossed (3:35)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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