Deftones Gore (2 Lp's)As the title Gore suggests, the contents within are bloody and visceral. Yet considering the cover art which shows a flamboyance of pretty pink flamingoes flying against a grey blue sky thoughts of pure violence are subverted. This dichotomy has been central to the Deftones ethos since their start. By combining brutality with beauty, the Californian quintet elicits deep vulnerability, all while assaulting the senses. They've hit another career peak

routine can be deadly

Two Hands had to be completely different— an album about the earth and the bones beneath it

Out Of The Blue

Rise Cale (vocals)

drummer Ira Elliot

It's not hard to believe she once made her living as a prison guard

finding seduction within the darkness -- but there is little of the desert sprawl and willful excess that have always distinguished their records

Released: 07/06/2018

as well as those of everyone else

and his predilection for gospelish motifs

Such seminal recordings have ensured the Buzzcocks' place in a lineage just a bit below the Kinks and the Smiths as one of the best purveyors of the 45 rpm

and not one of them has the pop-soul appeal of "These Walls" or the Black Lives Matter protest-anthem potential of "Alright