In case you need a little context, these Danes appeared on the World Class Punk comp tape a couple of weeks back, and these songs came off of the same tape that delivered the BÜLD recordings here and the KALASHNIKOV and L.U.L.L. songs at Escape Is Terminal. The ZERO POINT tracks that found their way onto the tape that supplied today's post are from the Murmur EP, tracks that would have made post-punk/pre-alt rock fans swoon when it was released in 1986. "The Preacher" is the standout jam here, dripping with post-SISTERS Wayne Hussey pretense...and ironically at just about the time Hussey parted way with Eldritch & Company. One instrumental number was on my mix tape that does not appear on the EP, and it serves as a nice cool down after these tunes - not sure if this falls into punk, post punk or proto something or other, but the tunes are great, and it means that there is yet another EP that I need to track down. Crap.
TERMINAL ESCAPE. DAILY CASSETTE RIPS SINCE 2009.
20 March 2012
19 March 2012
LIFE LOCK
Their influences are worn on their sleeve (or in this case, on the bottom of the jacket, under the studs) - brilliant DIS-worship from Singapore's LIFE LOCK. It's Monday, and the guitars are stabbing into your eyes...just how you like it.
18 March 2012
LIGHT BRIGADE
Portland is as known for it's unrelenting walls of bulldozer crust as for it's rainy winters, and the city's ability to effortlessly crank out essential slabs of '80s hardcore punk dates back to...well, to the '80s. Greg Sage and WIPERS land well outside of those lines, and the DEAD MOON/PIERCED ARROWS family have existed in the own world for a few decades now, but The City Of Roses has become synonymous with studded belts and fists raised high praising the sheer power of hardcore punk. If that tunnel vision means that you skip over LIGHT BRIGADE, then you have made a poor decision by not broadening your focus. Ripped right out of the hearts of the Rough Trade roster, these adult kids dish out ethereal post punk with innocently determined female vocals and a guitar that just demands that I listen to DEAD MILKMEN records as soon as I'm done with this tape. A jerky forceful tempo encourages spastic movements not unlike dancing (but not entirely like dancing either). The spaced out drunken vibe of "Monkey" makes it the stand out for my ears, but you should pick your own favorite (might I suggest the lost in the woods jammer "Pebble" as a possible contender).
17 March 2012
ANAL WARHEAD // NEUTRON RATS
It's been way too long since I posted a tape from Albany, but most of my friends moving away from there apparently doesn't mean that that rust belt bastion stopped cranking out killer hardcore. Enter Terminal Escape veterans ANAL WARHEAD, all snotty ferocious and fukkd up, with a guitar that may or may not have been tuned since their 2010 demo I posted. And in case that 3:44 wasn't enough to pull your sorry ass over into the CONVERT column, may I introduce NEUTRON RATS and 4:12 of rapid fire manic and tinny distorted mayhem with just a hint of melody in the guitar leads. Something about NEUTRON RATS sounds desperate, while ANAL WARHEAD sound like they want to piss on your mom's daffodils.
16 March 2012
SOLO SE OYE PUNK VOL. 1
Wanna know one way to make a scene? Make mix tapes. Wanna know one reason why so many killer bands keep cropping up from the overlooked enclaves of inner Los Angeles? Silenzio Statico. The first volume in the never ending quest to turn Los Angeles into punk utopia featured Mexican and South American heavyweights from the '80s, and I dare say that few people could have done a better job selecting tracks from that era/area. Side 1 is dedicated to Brasil (RATOS DE PORÃO, LOBOTOMIA, CÓLERA, OHLO SECO), while the flip hit Mexico (MASSACRE 68, AGROTOXXXICO), Peru (DESCONTROL, EUTANASIA) and Argentina (LOS VIOLADORES). If you feel like you need an introduction (or a refresher course), then you probably do - and this is where you get it.
15 March 2012
WOLFSNAP
Primitive, sinister and nasty music from this Oshkosh, Wisconsin two piece. As much as I liked this the first time I heard it, WOLFSNAP's ability to combine simplistic brutality with interesting song structures (and presentation) has me speechless (far removed from my normal state). The guitars sound like KARP reincarnated under the black metal umbrella and the pace is often so spastic it's hard to tell what the fuck they are doing, but this demo achieves the vibe that is typically more important than the music - and they pull off the music part too. This is what darkness sounds like in a meat grinder.
These tapes are available for $2. That's fukkn cheap. thequickwolfsnap(at)gmail(dot)com
14 March 2012
LOST CHERREES
An hour long cassette filled with gems from LOST CHERREES. The band should need no introduction (essential female fronted '80s UK anarcho punk if you need one anyway), and this post takes care of the live and demo tracks from the tape - a brilliant live set can be found at Escape Is Terminal.
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