Nu-kle-er Blast Suntan- The Wheel of Fate is Turning 7” review

Nu-kle-er Blast Suntan- The Wheel of Fate is Turning 7” review

The first thing I can note about this is that the vocals (80-90% of the time) sound very different than those on the ‘Blot Out the Worthless Sun’ LP- however, intensity is still very much present.  The instrumentation is still very on point- weird as hell, yet still having enough of a linear focus to be able to bang’s one’s head to the tune of the music.  The guitar work is the truly unique, NBST mix of psychedelic, crust punk, hardcore, and thrashy riffs and licks, with bits of sheer mindfuckery spliced in.  All three songs are independently punishing tracks, “Judgment” being the best among them.  However, it is very difficult to explain NBST to someone who hasn’t heard them- rather than being a snobby hipster and pretending I’m awesome for discovering this awesome band that happens to be extremely unique, I instead implore anyone who likes extreme or weird music to give this EP a listen- while the LP is a little more forward, this is a step deeper into the psychedelic element that makes that band much more diverse and interesting.  This could be (in my opinion) one of the most unique, strangely punishing bands to watch out for.  Highly recommended.

-Aunty Social

Nu-kle-er Blast Suntan- Blot Out the Worthless Sun LP review

Nu-kle-er Blast Suntan- Blot Out the Worthless Sun LP review

Frantic.  Ambient.  Gnarly.  Angry.  Fast.  Heavy.  If you’re all about short reviewsx, the aove words are the best description of “Blot Out the Worthless Sun” in the fewest words I can concoct.  However, this album is so much more than that.

The main distinguishing factor this band (and record) possess that differentiates them from their contemporaries is the psychedelic, mind-bending guitar work present in most of the songs; there is plenty of room for hardcore riffs in the traditional vein, and here it is spliced with these unique sounds to create a truly original band.  Singer Ami is everything a punk singer should be:  Furious, spitting, anti-authority, poetic, and energetic.  Also, as a female singer, some singers suffer from being too shrill-voiced, but Ami is reasonably pitched, and doesn’t have this problem.  The drums and bass are very distinguishable, the drums pummeling and the bass punishing (my two greatest descriptions for these corresponding instruments), and the words are good old values-rejecting apocalyptic crust punk.  Words are lot easier to vary that sound (at least in my eyes), so while the theme is the same, the words are very different, and it is a new play on a working essential formula.

This record fucking rules; one of the best and most unique crust bands of the last decade.  To paraphrase Will Smith, “Oh, and uh… I’d go to a record store and buy this one up real quick cause… DAMN.”

-Aunty Social