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Album Of The Week: Bat Fangs Bat Fangs


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Now that Ex Hex haven’t done much lately, bassist Betsy Wright has branched off and formed the new band Bat Fangs with drummer Laura King, it might be tempting to think about their new album in terms of the new Ex Hex album that we’re not getting. That would be a mistake, and it would be a mistake that we’ve made before. Because Bat Fangs kick ####ing ass on their own terms. And if Laura King goes off and forms a new band of her own in a couple of years, that’ll probably rule, too. That seems to be how this thing works.

Bat Fangs work from a playbook not too dissimilar from what Wild Flag and Ex Hex did before them. The stew of influences is similar: twinkling power-pop, hessian riff-rock, kitsch-damaged new wave, rip-snorting garage, hooks-first early-’90s riot grrrl. But Bat Fangs are different because Wright is different. As two-piece, Wright and King thrive on simplicity and chemistry