Everyone who’s logged on to MySpace within the last week should have noticed current music-pick-of-the-week Test-Icicles. I expect very few (probably one percent) bothered to click on said link. Those who did were surely blown away by the amalgamation of dance-punk, metal and screamo.

My experience with London-based Test-Icicles goes beyond MySpace. My friend Lians, who has her ear tuned to the indie music map better than anyone else I know, sent me a mix album last summer containing the band’s track “Dancing On Pegs.” I was immediately blown away by the shrieking guitars and screaming vocals. Imagine what Gang Of Four or The Rapture would sound like had they grown up on the outskirts of Philadelphia; post-punk for a generation of alcoholics looking to keep the party going past closing time.

Domino Records has already brought the group’s music stateside with the November release of the Boa Vs. Python EP in November. The label will follow through by releasing the group’s full-length album For Screening Purposes Only in February. Test-Icicles will tour the U.S. in March.

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