Tim Pimlott at the Lughole.
“Sheffield band who feature members of Sievehead, Obstruct, Skiplickers, Rat Cage and Dry Heaves playing snotty punk like early Buzzcocks or Eater.”
“Issue #4 in All The Madmen Records’ Singles Club Series 2”
Recorded by Jonah Falco.
Hardcore band from London, UK.
“Powerpunk. Berlin.
(ex-)members of: Blank Pages, Idle Hands, Die Tunnel, Out on a limb, Dulac, Randy’s Ripcord)”
Recorded by the powerful Boulty at Stuck On A Name Studios of Nottingham.
“Debut Single from TV Crime who are a new garage punk / power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. ‘Hooligans’ is a total stomper of a power pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7” with The Moondogs esque guitar work and the energy of 90’s legends New Bomb Turks or Gaunt. Flip ‘Wild One’ is another pounder but with a more rock ‘n’ roll twist. As the band say “Killer Tunes – Shitty Attitude”.
“VC3 is—you guessed it—the third LP from San Francisco’s Violent Change, a brand new collection of hazy pop channeled through submarine-fidelity noise. If you were among the fans of their previous records, this remains heavily dissociative music; if it helps to paint the picture, the live band now includes members of Bay Area favorites Rays and Life Stinks, though these recordings here are a whole different grade of barbiturate. Still, take note: from the opening notes of the second track, “Unit A”, it’s immediately apparent that bandleader Gladys Bleyle has learned to let his melodic brilliance shine. This is Violent Change’s real pop moment, an album of lonesome romanticism on par with Shoes’ ‘One In Versailles’ and Chris Bell’s ‘I Am The Cosmos.’ I kid you not, this record is that good.”
“Filthy, disgusting punk rock from the premier shithole that is Rawtenstall, UK.”
Recorded at Module Overload in Aurora, CO
Engineered by Jammer Hell Yeah
Mixed by Jammer Hell Yeah and SPELLS
Taken from Razorcake:
“Everything that made me dig Spells on their split with Hooper is here. It’s a witch’s brew of catchy hooks, great vocal harmonies, and equal mixes of grit and pop. The ripping opener, “Freak Out,” kicks things off and captures the magic of what makes the band great right from the first track. More mellow tracks like “Better Days,” take things down a notch at times, turning up the melodic end of the band’s sound without losing any of the other elements that make me dig them. Lyrically, Staying In > Going Out is jammed so full of singalong parts, that regardless of whether you stay in or go out you’re sure to be singing along with Spells the whole time you’re listening to this record. –Paul J. Comeau”
Recorded at Module Overload in Aurora, CO
Engineered by Jammer Hell Yeah
Mixed by Jammer Hell Yeah and SPELLS
Taken from Razorcake:
“Everything that made me dig Spells on their split with Hooper is here. It’s a witch’s brew of catchy hooks, great vocal harmonies, and equal mixes of grit and pop. The ripping opener, “Freak Out,” kicks things off and captures the magic of what makes the band great right from the first track. More mellow tracks like “Better Days,” take things down a notch at times, turning up the melodic end of the band’s sound without losing any of the other elements that make me dig them. Lyrically, Staying In > Going Out is jammed so full of singalong parts, that regardless of whether you stay in or go out you’re sure to be singing along with Spells the whole time you’re listening to this record. –Paul J. Comeau”
“It takes a scene to raise a band and Sievehead are a product of the vibrant hub that is Sheffield’s DIY punk community, one of the key cities in a resurgent UK punk scene that shows no sign of slowing down. Here they offer two tracks on the A-side of burly punk rhythms careening and rumbling through swirling post-punk vibes, catchy and insistent, a howl tamed and torn, packed with pain and power, showcasing the same dark propulsive energy that caught the attention of DIY music fans the world over on last year’s ‘Into The Blue’ LP. Fans like Pure Gold, alter-ego of Dave Forcier (of the Steve Adamyk Band and Pregnancy Scares) and Tommy T (of the Classical Mishaps), who contribute a remix on the b-side here taking the song Try the Mirror from the LP and skinning Sievehead’s vehement deathrock-tinged tumult and bathing the skeleton of the song in unsettling synth minimalism, creating an eerie weave of hisses, pops and echoes that could sit comfortably on an early John Carpenter soundtrack.”
