The Grimlets

The Grimlets are an American band based in San Francisco, CA. They incorporate elements of post-punk, early 90's lo-fi, shoegaze and deathrock. Their debut LP, Grimcore, was released in January, 2010. Grimcore was released in online music stores, as well as for free download from the band's website. The band describe their sound as "wintercore," featuring "raw, lo-fi production, haunted and lush vocals, and layered countermelodies in bass, guitar and keys". Music blog The Decibel Tolls describes their unique genre as "nightmare pop". Their debut has been described as "echoing and layered like a soundtrack to a strange dream, that threatens to turn into a nightmare at any second — yet somehow doesn’t." . They cite Curve, The Afghan Whigs and Glenn Danzig as musical influences, and have developed a cult following for their live shows at which multiple audience members are often invited onstage to sing and play covers of Misfits songs.