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Guitar World
|November 2020
GUITARIST SADE SANCHEZ EXPLAINS HOW THIS BURGEONING SO-CAL TRIO WENT FROM GETTING FIRED TO THEIR REVERB-DRENCH LATEST, PLAY WITH FIRE
L.A. WITCH COME out of the gate swinging on their sophomore album, Play with Fire, a disc loaded with gnashing garage rockers, power-packed grooves and blitzing no-nonsense leads. From start to finish, a listener is struck by one prevailing thought: “Wow, this band means it.”
This story is from the November 2020 edition of Guitar World.
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