15 May 2014

PKG


A killer under the radar ripper from 1988. Torrance's PKG are raw on the Roadtrip demo, but their early DC sensibilities crash into So Cal punk hooks in a most glorious way and the just-a-few-steps-above-boombox recording quickly becomes an asset. At their best when they are burning (of course), "Don't Blink," "Sex w/Sadie" and the title track are the standouts, but the mid tempo shit is well worth diving into as well. The whole band is killer, but the vocals steal it - earnest adolescent enthusiasm is a hard thing to fake, and an even harder thing to deny. 



2 comments:

bat29 said...

Made this comp tape in 1987 with PKG and the guitarist did the artwork: http://noiseaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/09/va-pass-elixer-1987.html

bat29 said...

Also made this video for one of the songs on that tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKZH3Tl0iuE

And someone made a video for another song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdeVB6pUlLs