DEA & Saint: T R A P D O O M If the marriage of hip-hop, hardcore and electro is a battlefield, then let this be the soundtrack. In 2018, Josh White (Saint) and Lynnsey June (DEA) — along with producer Tysonious Mink and drummer Steven Handal — unleashed a gnarly, nearly hour-long assault of slimey bass tone, off-kilter melody and unapologetically aggressive messaging that left ears ringing and bodies in the pit begging for more.
Scroll through a slideshow of 2018's best Tampa Bay music releases or see and sample all of them here. Call your local record store to see if it is carrying the release.
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This article appears in Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019.