Video Premiere: Blackout Transmission – ‘Portals’

Last month, New Noise Magazine premiered Sparse Illumination, the debut LP from L.A.-based post-punk outfit Blackout Transmission. Collectively, the eight tracks on the album, out now through Etxe Records, combine for a tight 34-minute dose of post-punk, shoegaze, and neo-psychedelia that evokes low-shutter-speed nocturnal journeys through desert canyons and winding coastal highways. New Noise Magazine is now proud to premiere the video for the band’s latest single, “Portals,” below: Bright and gleaming at times, warm and meditative at others, Sparse Illumination effectively creates a seamless, lysergic journey filled with potent lyrics. The album ebbs and flows through a rush of multi-chromatic textures, anchored by magnetic bass grooves and feverish drumming. Christopher Goett (Silo Halo...

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