-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! With one of the strongest albums I've heard all of this year, our Pick this week comes from Dublin, Ireland: House of Dolls ! Their just-released album, titled Welcome To The Department Of Nuclear Medicine , is out on the German label, Noisolution . (Though I'll be damned if I can find it anywhere via their site; there's mention of the band's video but that's it. So far.)

The record? Comes on like a hurricane and leaves like a monsoon...........wet, wild, and full of menacing power. Such as:



or:

A serious tip o' the helmet to Stephen White (Vocals/Bass), Stuart Curran (Guitar), Conor Paxton (Guitar) & Jimmy Cullen (Drums)! Éire go breá !!!

You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Monday from 1 to 3 am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.