X - Los Angeles LP Hip Hop So 'Royal Blue' is not

So 'Royal Blue' is not a revelation

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X - Los Angeles LP Hip Hop So 'Royal Blue' is notMusically, Los Angeles is almost infallible. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not' kicks off with relentless immediacy as if you've jumped into a speeding car on a midnight tour. Doe and Cervenka trade lead vocals and occasionally Cervenka veers stunningly off course in vivid and blistering wails, a Siouxsie Sioux in Southern California. On top of Bonebrake's motoring drums, the songs are dark and doom laden, fiery and mordant. X sings about