CHALLENGER 7 - Payola LP deathrock This obsessively all-analog effort (no

This obsessively all-analog effort (no computer processing here whatsoever

and a hopeful grin into 2021 and beyond

After years of talk

So many extreme bands seem to reach a cruising speed early in their careers and then just ride it out

CHALLENGER 7 - Payola LP deathrock This obsessively all-analog effort (noLimited edition of 300 copies. Includes bonus 4 track 7"EP. Australia's Challenger 7 are obviously indebted to the Replacements' style of sloppy, catchy hard rock. In fact, inside of the CD insert is a picture of the band in their room in front of a surprise album flat of the Replacements' Hootenanny. To boot, one of the tracks on this excellent debut is a somewhat literal cover of the 'Mats' "Left of the Dial." Don't write Challenger 7 off as a