Pail

Story of a Spacemonkey

Some might say goth died in the late Eighties, but Austin “New Wave-disco-death-rock” outfit Pail dug it up, added samples, and called it their own. The 14-year-old fourpiece’s latest story of a monkey sent into space only to bring back a deadly virus adds just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek to an already-humorous genre. “All the Marbles” just might challenge Type O Negative’s “Black No. 1” for best Halloween song ever.

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This article appears in November 11 • 2005.

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