Rank/Xerox are a San Francisco post-punk band that began around 2009 after David West moved from Perth, Australia, to the Bay Area and hooked up with Kevin McCarthy, and Jon Shade.They released a number of small run EPs, a split with friends Grass Widow and a self-titled LP on Make a Mess Records in 2011. After a European tour in 2013, the band have remained largely quiet as members, particularly West (Rat Columns, Liberation, Lace Curtain and Total Control), concentrated on other projects.Berlin label adagio 830 have announced that they are set to release Myth, a four-song Rank/Xerox EP and cassette tape in early 2017.Take a listen to "Zero Hour", a track from the EP, below.Though West grew up on a farm in rural Western Australia, the sounds of "Zero Hour" like most of Rank/Xerox's music is tight, claustrophobic and anxious. The perfect post punk jitters, that includes abstract lyrics, and the off-kilter rhythms.
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'Myth 'will be available Jan 2017 on ADAGIO830.Image: YouTube