Kissing Is A Crime - Kissing Is A Crime (Don Giovanni Records) 2017
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“This is the band I’ve been trying to do for a long time” says singer/guitarist Matt Molnar, and it’s fair to say that this makes a lot of sense, just think about Soft Black, Friends, and Pagan Rituals, projects that he co-founded. Setting their roots in punk, Kissing is a Crime’s self-titled debut album is a sunny, dreamy and moody guitar pop driven gem, that will make you feel nostalgic and emotional. At times this album sounds utterly sublime and cerebral, but it’s the simplicity punk and urgency of the band’s confrontational spectrum of emotions that gently stands out in this unique, multi-faced triumphant delivery. This is elegant and bloody intelligent art.