After cutting a debut EP in 2000 that caught the attention of everyone with an ear for dark pop, Washington's Two Ton Boa called it quits. Their promised LP never came out, and their growing fanbase was left only with the message, "Two Ton Boa are busy digesting necessaries," on their website. But after their follow-up album, Parasiticide, hit stores in September, few can deny that Two Ton Boa is back-and with a vengeance.
Their sound, influenced by Siouxsie and the Banshees and PJ Harvey, is intriguingly murky (two basses are present), and it's accented by their leading woman's classically trained vocals and virtuostic oboe abilities. All of this blends together to create a group that can overwhelm with its dark intensity and but at the same time entertain with smart, well-written pop. Two Ton Boa is a band that makes goth still sound arresting.
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