Cream Magazine said this about Death Of Samantha following the release of the band's debut album Strungout On Jargon in 1986.

"This foursome is merely the most substantial contraction of the trumpeted CLE-vival scene that birthed Pere Ubu and the mighty Pagans. Like that pair, DOS leap outta some aural vacuum with nary a root exposed, but with plenty of bare wires to trip up the unsuspecting.

Singer John Petkovic testifies in an addled shout that combines the better halves of Tom Waits and Ian Curtis without the caricatured styling of either"

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I went out and bought the record the next day.

What are you listening to tonight?