Art Fag, the tiny label that recently brought us Ye Olde Maid’s God Blesses Us, Mother Dresses Us is about to deliver a very solid 4-way split 7″ between the recently Sub Popped Dum Dum Girls, BTW Crocodiles, PENS, and Graffiti Island. That’s two American Bands (Dum Dums, Crocs) and two British (the other two), if you’re counting. We’re offering up a listen to Side A: Crocodiles turn in slinky, synth-lined nighttime noise-rock via “Hollow Hollow Eyes” (anyone else hear some “California Dreamin” floating through some of the harmonies?) and London trio Graffiti Island offer a dose of dark, lo-fi, half-speed surf punk via “Moon Tan” (they did a GG Allin split with PENS that’ll be out on the band’s own Italian Beach Babes soon). There’s going to be a tour in conjunction with the release, which will feature Graffiti Island and PENS’ first trek(s) into the States. Take a look at those dates while you take a listen (and inspect the cover art a bit more closely).

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