Back in June I reviewed Distortions first album and gave it 5 out of 5 and stated that it maybe was gonna be my top album of the year ‘08. Well, now they are back with yet another album!? The music is the same kind of extremely distorted garage-punk with lots of reverb on the vocal and a heavy bass. So, is there any news from this band, or is it just another spin of the same thing? It for sure is the same spin off, and you for sure will say that you’ve heard it before. But then again, this time the songs are even more twisted and psychedelic grooves are added making the songs freak your mind in another way. It’s not just a raw take on punkish garagerock.
A song with the ambitious name “Radio Hit” shows the band moving into the real acidic territories with an awkwardly catchy ska-punkish riff and a simplistic almost dada guitar solo. This strange kind of soloing is also found in “Night Bar to the Next Girl” where the “solo” is actually a short phrase of a child song. And hey, the song “Urinals” is actually an almost complete rip-off of the ”Transmission” bass-riff with just two chords and the same kind of stroke, but developing into a nightmare of distorted fuzz – astonishingly great crafted and so familiar without actually being a coversong – actually I don’t even think it’s intentional. Strangest song of all must be “Propane 200” which sounds like The Cramps rehearsing high on bad acid after listening to early XTC. I wouldn’t recommend going to sleep listening to this record since it might give you a creeping nightmare. Anyway, this is a brilliant take on really acidic horror-psyche – maybe even genius!?! And of course out on blurry green vinyl – what else?!
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