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Songs We Love: His Electro Blue Voice, 'Crystal Mind'

The Italian noise-rock band channels its inner Hüsker Dü with a big, buzzy salvo driven by an urgent melody.
His Electro Blue Voice's <em>Mental Hoops</em> comes out Nov. 24.

His Electro Blue Voice is as meditative as it is menacing, the Italian noise-rock band's collection of high-strung scrapes and howls driven by motorik, its second record following and a series of EPs, draws back on the pleasantries and dives headfirst into the nastier end of the band's sound.

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