There’s very little that is warlike about Warpaint.

The Los Angeles trio makes hypnotic music, intertwining their voices over guitars that are by turns distant and slow, and terse and knotty. It’s trippy and pyschedelic, but without the grating affectation that can color that sound.

After self-releasing their debut EP, “Exquisite Corpse,” produced by John Frusciante, earlier this year, Warpaint gets the re-release treatment courtesy of Manimal Vinyl, also home to Bat for Lashes. It’s a mesmerizing re-introduction.

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October 23, 2009 at 9:00 am | Share |