When I first saw the name Tonstartssbandht I thought without a doubt that it was some obscure german kraut rock from the seventies. Can you blame me? Especially since I read about it on the Zamboni Soundtrack blog which actually covers a lot of records from that genre. Much to my surprise Tonstartssbandht do not play kraut rock but instead play rad Big Country rip offs, Spacemen 3 covers from another dimension and sludged out noise anthems amongst other things. Apparently Tonstartssbandht are two brothers from New York and from the sound of this record I would expect them to fit in nicely with the scene going on there right now (Captured Tracks, Underwater Peoples, Sacred Bones,Woodsist). Although a lot of what is on "An When" sounds familiar, I think there is enough different to keep it interesting the whole way through. It sounds like whoever made this record was having a lot of fun and I think that translates well through the songs. You can order a copy of the CDR directly from the label that released it off their myspace which I will link below.
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