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The Areola Treat
12+ albums
Garage Rockindie rockmaltarockart punk
about
The Areola Treat are a Maltese garage rock band, formed in Malta in 2007 by original band line-up Adrian Mizzi on guitars, Chris Busuttil on drums Lisa M.Grimaud on vocals, and Matthew Cuschieri, until the addition of Steve Shaw on bass in late 2010. Inspired by UK-based, late 1970s punk and rock and roll, besides the burgeoning punk and post punk revival, The Areola Treat are arguably a definitive art punk ensemble, mostly due to their detailed tightness, blood-curdling screeching, growling vocals and punchy guitars in the first few years of the band being formed, and more recently with their somewhat more social stance and experimental walls of sound. Their first self-titled studio ep, The Areola Treat, was published in 2008 and met with enthusiasm, under the Belgian label Kinky Star. The band’s first studio album ‘Pleasure Machines’, released in 2011, is a reflection of pathways the band has travelled down and alleys it has progressed through, both musically and physically, and a hint of a slightly noticeable change in direction and drive. The guitars are still loud and the riffs are still punchy, yet there is something strikingly different about the shape it’s taken. Some tracks are moodier, perhaps slightly more somber and more abrasive than the previously-recorded ep, while others are vibrant and bright, the guitars appearing richer and even more piercing and shaken. The album cover was designed by urban and skateboard artist Chris De Souza Jensen of Sea Puppy and Pro
