A couple of these tracks found their way onto the 2016 Sabotage/Deranged/Static Age 12", but most of this 2015 demo will be new even to those smart enough to add that platter to their arsenal. Dark, driving punk packed with desperate melodies and dominated by a clean, damaged guitar doing serious work, not unlike predecessors like RED DONS and NEON PISS. Germany's CULT VALUES are catchy, drawing from SoCal '80s hooks and energy but distracted by the more easily compartmentalized frustrations of the goths. To say it's a formula makes it seem contrived, and that CULT VALUES does not sound contrived is the thing that makes them work so damn well. It's real, and you can feel it when you listen. "Parallel" is absolutely an anthem for a ____ generation, and maybe that generation is/was yours.
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