File this along with the hordes of killer late 80s UK bands who just simply came too late. The bombast and ensuing bass break that starts out "Democracy" would be at home with DEATH SENTENCE, DISRUPTERS or any number of second wave UK punks, but then Rob's vocals owe more to LACK OF KNOWLEDGE or Wayne Hussey styled self indulgent goth/punk and don't really fit the music at first. The affected guitars sit just fine on top of the awkward and disjointed drums and they quickly become the highlight for me...until the vocals settle in and I start to focus on them almost exclusively. While "New World" drags on too long for my taste, and CORPSE GRINDERS mastery of UK ska/punk on this tracks is nowhere near the level of their dark punk stylings, they redeem themselves generously with the final track "Decongestion," a ripping gloomy UK82 assault that fills the final two minutes of this demo with thoughts of "shit man, the rest of this tape was good, but this is fukkn AMAZING!!" and then it's over. If this were from 1983 instead of 1989 then someone would surely have "discovered" it and exalted its virtues long ago...
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