HW: Trouser Press and Xmal Deutschland

[Frank Weil]

I was leafing through the Trouser Press Record Guide (the 1989
version) the other day.  In general, they seem to be rather
pro-Hawkwind: "Hawkwind's influence has been rather extensive, ... The
group's faults (most notably a chronic tendency towards excess) have
generally been overcriticized to the exclusion of their virtues: that
gargantuan and impenetrable pre-metal/hardcore drone, those great
riffs, that inexorable drive to destinations unknown." They devote
three full pages to Hawkwind.  U2, in comparison, gets about a page
and a half.

Anyway, one of the groups in the book is the German band Xmal
Deutschland.  They compare them twice to Hawkwind: "... vocalist Anja
Huwe bellows and shrieks with dark drama while the band drones and
pounds out an unbelievably heavy track behind her, a horror movie
cross between Siouxsie and the Banshees and Hawkwind." and "They're
still loud as hell and sound in spots like Hawkwind but, at this
point, they're also at a nexus with Joy Division, using bleak noise to
convey a variety of moods."

So, has anyone heard / heard of these guys?  They sound pretty
interesting.

Thanks,
Frank

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