Genre: Rock
Release Date: 02/14/2020
Label: Wharf Cat Records
Catalog Number: 98
Recording: Studio
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Format: CD
Dig-Deeper
Artist Releases
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Dreamviolence (LP)
Bambara
Swarm [Red Vinyl] (LP)
Bambara
Stray (CD)
Bambara
Stray (LP)
Bambara -
Stray [Clear Vinyl] (LP)
Bambara
Shadow On Everything (LP)
Bambara
Shadow On Everything (CD)
Bambara
Swarm (LP)
Bambara -
Swarm (LP)
Bambara
Label Releases
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Hard Light [Crystal Clear Vinyl] (LP)
Drop Nineteens
Hard Light (CD)
Drop Nineteens
Dreamviolence (LP)
Bambara
Swarm [Red Vinyl] (LP)
Bambara -
They Live In My Head (CD)
Bush Tetras
They Live In My Head [Red Vinyl] (LP)
Bush Tetras
They Live In My Head (LP)
Bush Tetras
Slow Sundown [5th Anniversary Red Vinyl] (LP)
Holy Motors -
L.A. Shit (LP)
Graciehorse
L.A. Shit (CD)
Graciehorse
L.A. Shit [Red Vinyl] (LP)
Graciehorse
The Rainbow Wheel Of Death (CD)
Dougie Poole
Stray (CD)
Bambara
Amoeba Review
07/21/2020
Like all the best bands of this day and age, Bambara resist easy characterization. Though gothic elements abound, along with cowpunk and noise rock, there is so much more to the group’s sound to suggest any semblance of revivalism or retro-fetishism. Stray is the band’s 4th album, and the band has evolved considerably since their 2013 debut. The industrial influences are nearly gone, and the sheen of sludge that conjured dimly lit basements and squalid back alleys has been replaced with a rich, expansive production. The band explores dark balladry on songs such as “Sing Me to the Street,” and the high drama that previously came from a brittle sonic assault now primarily comes from Reid Bateh’s pen. Nick Cave and The Gun Club are clear influences here, but their music has been internalized and expounded upon rather than regurgitated, and Bambara sound closer to a goth rock incarnation of Protomartyr than any of those two oft-imitated genre touchstones. Upping their storytelling acumen, Bambara deliver a rock ‘n roll album of impeccable atmosphere; 10 vignettes of neo-noir suspense and Western violence.
