The sound of Garbage is unmistakable: heavy saturation, noise-as-effect, measured compression, the guitars of Steve Marker and Duke Erikson mauling your brain like a mad jackal; Butch Vig's natural drums delivered with synthetic attack; synthesizers that sound like guitars that sound like electroshock therapy. And at the heart of it all, the lip-curling, defiant, tender vocals of Shirley Manson. Learn how the band created the cinematic, shape-shifting sounds of their newest release, Strange Little Birds, in this excerpt from our July issue.
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