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The Dead Letters have come to weave a soundtrack for the sadness,violence and the haunting beauty of the human condition. In the wake of a new war, the rising creation of intricate systems of destruction and the unwavering attempt to trample beauty in favour of commerce, The Dead Letters came into fruition.

That quote instantly appealed to my empathethic side, but really what brought me to The Dead Letters’ website was hearing they had an affinity for spaghetti westerns and Ennio Morricone soundtracks. Having just finished working my way through The Man With No Name Trilogy and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a actually a great movie with a lot style.

The Dead Letters’ music would have fit in well with any one of those movies, it is nice to see a band doing something completely different for our time. I am not sure if The Dead Letters have music with longevity, but I am really enjoying it for now. It will be interesting to see if and how they evolve and what else they will come out with. Whether you like or dislike the sound of The Dead Letters, you may want to check out National Monument who sound nothing like The Dead Letters but is the band that Jim Demos and Alex Janusz play in when not recreating the spaghetti western sound.

Download the free Dead Letters E.P.

Ghost Of A Thousand Battles
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