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CMU Approved
Approved: Religious To Damn
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 February 2011
Formed by singer and songwriter Zohra Atash in 2008, Religious To Damn’s revolving line-up gained an early mentor in Bad Seed and Grinderman Jim Sclavunos, who also played drums on the band’s 2009 debut single, ‘Falls Down Again’. After that, with a new line-up consisting of Josh Strawn of Vaura, percussionist Charlie Schmid, and Secret Machines’ Brandon Curtis, Atash began work on the project’s debut album.
Entitled ‘Glass Prayer’, the long player (due for release on 14 Mar via M’Lady’s Records) is a dark, brooding affair, still affected by that Bad Seeds influence, though Sclavunos has since returned to Grinderman. Although billed as ‘Gypsy rock and roll’, the band perhaps owe more to the likes of Cave and co and This Mortal Coil. Atash’s vocals breathe you in, before the instruments wrap themselves around you and keep you there.
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