ALBUM REVIEW: Drill For Absentee – Strand of a Lake, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 – Expert Work Records


Drill For Absentee are a Philadelphia trio whose original run lasted from 1995 to 1999. Their catalogue is hardly the most extensive. Since their 2021 covid era reunion the band, Kevin Kelly – Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Michael Nace – Guitar, Vocals and new Drummer Ken Kuniyoshi (replacing co-founding member Bryan Sargent) have been busy in the recording studio. What they’ve come up with are two EP’s which have been put together as one LP (Note – Vol. 1 was put out digitally on September 13, 2022) while Vol 2 was forged between August 2022 to March 2025, out now via Expert Work Records. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Dazzling Killmen – Dig Out The Switch


St. Louis, Missouri’s Dazzling Killmen emerged in 1990 and were named after a character in Lucas SamarasCrude Delights. They managed two full-length albums and four singles before splitting in 1995. Continue reading