Labels: self released
Review by: Alex Deller
Forget the happy-crappy name, because there’s no time here for anything like a sunny disposition. Featuring members of Look Back and Laugh and Talk is Poison, California Love serve up an all-too-brief dose of ferocious hardcore/powerviolence on a neat-looking 12″ that probably could’ve been crammed onto a considerably smaller format. Ugly demented and more than a little frayed around the edges these folks have your back up against the wall within the first few seconds and just don’t let up with their ultra-distorted guitars and strangled hateful screaming. There’s not a single moments’ worth of fucking around to be found but like a pay-per-view boxing match that ends within the first round you’re left wishing a few more body blows could’ve landed before it all comes to a rather abrupt halt. Tsk. ”