The
Astronauts/ The Destructors- One Wave/ Schwerpunkt split CD review
The first two songs by the
Astronauts are mediocre- nothing much to say about them, other than they didn’t
particularly stick with me. The third
song ‘The Things You Crave’ begins to tip this side of the CD in a very
downward manner- this song could not be slower, and sucks pretty hard, to be
honest. Even for plain rock and roll,
this blows. ‘Wild’, while a little
faster, isn’t a lot better, but it’s a step forward- it has speed in some spots
that I can dig. Some of the slower parts
bore me, though. ‘One Wave’,
unfortunately, sets a new low for music labeled ‘punk’- this song is fucking
god awful. If I wanted to make a happy
person more humble and grounded, I would play them this song, because it is
that agitating and distracting. Holy
fuck, do I never want to hear that song again. The last two songs are, again, largely
unremarkable in a positive or negative way.
I doubt they will be in my head for more than five seconds after I
finish writing this review. Next is the
Destructors side- I was hoping that it was slightly more notable, but it isn’t,
though it is a bit higher quality. This
is usual Destructors stuff- rock-influenced, clear-sounding, catchy punk out of
Britain. Nothing to jump for joy over,
but my time wasn’t totally wasted, and especially so in comparison to the
Astronauts’ side. You get what you
likely expect out of these guys.
-Aunty Social
