Highly anticipated second EP from one of Chicago's "bands to watch" list. The Assembly dives deeper into electronica this time, with pulsing drum loops, darker guitars and haunting vocals.

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POP: New Wave, ROCK: Modern Rock



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Tom Lynch of New City Chicago writes:

The Assembly celebrates the release of its second EP, "Paranoia Will Destroy Ya", a fine follow-up to its previous EP that finds the band diving further into its Interpolesque slickness. The guitars interweave and clang as there's some Brit-pop influence to be found here, but the real treat is the synths, played by frontman Dave Suh¹s brother Nathan, which create a space-like swirl that, while heard in live setting, clouds your head in a good way. The vocal delivery, haunting and echoed, matched with the hook-heavy songwriting, makes the band instantly accessible without sounding derivative (The Smiths are there, sure, but so is some heroin-chic). This is a band to watch.