Torture and the Desert Spiders EPK

"I’m a sucker for an interesting voice and Anna Kunz, also known as Torture, will stop you in your tracks with her rich, rough vocals. Reminiscent of Cat Power or early PJ Harvey, they have a raw power and intensity that’ll have you pumping your fist in the air or crying your eyes out. Probably both." Get In Her Ears

 

Torture and the Desert Spiders is a left-field garage project based around the songwriting of New Jersey raised artist, Anna Kunz. Although the lineup takes many forms, her collaborators, Clara Cicely and Dalton Harts, help transform the records into scathing live performances which have got them slots performing alongside bands such as Starcrawler, Mattiel, Frankie and the Witch Fingers and Crawlers.

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Recently they’ve been spun on KEXP’s Sonic Reducer, BBC Introducing (Dave Monks), WKCR, KGNU Denver, WDNF, WBAI, Stonybrook University FM, KCC Live, Alternative Tracks, and On the Radar, and have been covered in Polyesterzine, Urbanista, Indie Midlands, Popped Music, as well as played festivals such as Kendal Calling (2022, 2023), PolaCon 2024, Sound City (Tim Peaks Stage), How the Light Gets In, Brighton Fête (TGE), Beyond the Walls, All Roads Lead to the Future and Smithdown Road. 


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Currently preparing for their second release of 2024, 'Small Robberies', prod. by Alex Poeppel (Telescreens) in NYC along with UK tour during second-half of August 2024.