ARBCO
Flexi #2 compilation 7” review
Lord Centipede’s “Blizzard of
Cocaine” rips like a modernized Black Flag would- fast, driving, punishing,
desperate, and at times repetitive (ignore Greg Ginn’s new Black Flag stuff,
and imagine if Black Flag came out today with more modern influences, if that’s
possible). It has a downtuned and dark
feel to the guitar element, which makes for a very interesting noisemaker. Suicide By Cop’s “Why Try?” begins as
experimental and jazzy before blasting into something that does sound downright
like a First Four Years-era Black Flag outtake with the very definitive guitar
tone, anxious and raspy singer, and reasonably fast-paced beat. This is different than most of Suicide By
Cop’s other material, not to mention better.
Scissor Now!’s “Sexual Kombucha” starts out with a funky bass line and
horn (trombone, I think) line in the background, and then a weird chant by all
three members that is eventually followed up by a slow chorus line and an
absolutely strange coda, before breaking into a verse of bizarre chanting once
again- it’s almost barbershop-quartet esque, but not as well-coordinated. The explicit and implicit sexual tones of
this song are interesting, and only add to the sheer level of weirdness,
mindfuckery, and head-scratching curiosity that this song brings. Two songs of Black Flag-influenced hardcore
punk mixed with one song of something that is almost too weird for mankind to have
concocted and organized. Gotta love it-
I do.
-Aunty Social
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