Pop. 1280

Indebted to no wave and post-punk, and named for one of noir novelist Jim Thompson's bleakest tales, Pop. 1280 was started by Chris Bug and Ivan Lip as a vehicle for their dark creative vision, and their early work was an assaultive mix of distorted guitars, bruising rhythms, and a mix of the electronic and the organic that harkened to early industrial music. On early releases such as the 2010 EP The Grid and the 2012 LP The Horror, guitars played a major role in their music, and the music was physical and intimidating. But their approach continued to refine itself, and by 202...