Santa's a Drag Queen - Charm Offensive

Melbourne rock band Charm Offensive mix angular sonics with pop structures. Consisting of Jay Dunne on vocals, singer/guitarist Chris Debono, guitarist Adrian Monello, bassist Adam Doherty, and drummer Mark Howell, the band was formed in 2008. Despite ostensibly being part of a post-hardcore-emo scene that values aggression and noise as much as hooks and melody, Charm Offensive show a striking pop sensibility. Vocals are lushly layered and anxiety-ridden, with lyrics finding a beauty in the mundanities of suburban melodrama. Punctuated with screaming punk guitars and the group's powerful rhythm section propels Charm Offensive into full-throttle power-pop. The quintet plan on issuing a 3 track sampler called ?Love Songs and Medications?, full of saccharine


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