Another solid EP by Melbourne's Moth, this time coming across a bit less synth-heavy than on their last one. Once again this takes some cues from familiar garage punk acts like Useless Eaters, Ex-Cult, Ausmuteants and early Teenanger, as well as some of the Warttman Inc.-affiliated groups like Research Reactor Corp., Set-Top Box. Also, in Digital Crisis, their sound takes an unexpected turn towards dark post punk of the Exit Group, Diät, Rank/Xerox variety.
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Hardcore Punk that starts out like a throwback to the early days both in terms of its uncompromising force as well as its inventiveness, unburdened by genre rules and conventions. Then things get... even more interesting with every passing minute. Often making use of uncharacteristically melodic guitar work and catchy garage-style riffing, the Nashville group's freestyle approach to plundering their way through punk's rich history fits in just as well with more recent developments in Hardcore and bands such as Cement Shoes, Rolex or Pink Guitars.
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Two years after their promising, though at times somewhat undercooked debut LP, we get to hear a way more consistent sophomore effort by this Auckland, New Zeeland trio. Their rather abstract yet always catchy compositions somewhere on the fringes of Post Punk and Noise Rock - plus a hint of Industrial - at several points remind me of Acts like Girls In Synthesis, Haunted Horses, Ice Balloons or Tunic - with a small dose of Lightning Bolt sprinkled in for good measure.
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Following a 7" on Total Punk earlier this year, we now get a full length taste of this Louisville trio's raw energy via another highly reputable garage label, Goner Records. Don't expect anything clever or original about their music. Instead, expect something very familiar done exceptionally well - an undiluted blast of straight, stupid and simple, '77-flavored, balls-to-the-walls unapologetic garage punk mayhem.
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Side A
Tracklist:
F.E.I.D.L. Fünf Finger Rabatt
Bat Math Nobody's
Basic Shapes Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Bobby Funk I'm a Cat
Reality Group Hard Man
Baby Tyler Needz
CB Radio Gorgeous The Devil
Vintage Crop Tension
R.M.F.C. Reader
No Fix Vicious Cycle
Mini Skirt Give It Up
Public Eye I Might Go
Silicone Values I Hate Fascist Rock And Roll
Jacuzzi Boys Offended
Playboy Manbaby I Wish My Brain Was a Computer
Tony Dork Tongue Tied
The Meanies Drowning Tower
The Resonars A Smile and a Promise
Boogie Board Station
Side B
Tracklist:
Powerplant A Spine
Erik Nervous Living In The Woods
Cherry Cheeks Wake Up
Tommy and the Commies Impulse Action
Nervous Tick and the Zipper Lips Don’t Know Where To Go
ISS Too Punk For Heavy Metal
Psychic Graveyard Hairbrush Mouth
Super Senior Too Much Tequila
Eugh Don’t Trust Harry
Dee Bee Rich Loook
Dummy On My Back
Ghoulies Unpack Your Bags
The Liquidators Married To Your Mind
Silicone Prairie Ozone Day
Shark Toys Future
Taulard Fomo
Sweet Reaper Faster Getaway
The Yearners Red Aura
Vaguess Fences
Germ House Blunt Objects
Some Los Angeles group consisting of a truly all-star garage lineup delivers a pleasantly quirky mix of garage-, post- and synth punk, sometimes coming across like a crossbreed of Nots and Pow!, or like Primitive Calculators-meet-Useless Eaters in other moments.
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