Week #1: Io Echo

LA's Io Echo are primal, raging and gothic. They create hazy, minimalised sounds reflecting the darker side of 80s post-punk. Sounding remarkably like Echo & the Bunnymen but more shadowy and charged, they roughen up proceedings with a Vivian Girls-esque lo-fi edge and droning vox. Best Coast, this is how you do retro rawk.