Labels: No Idea Records
Review by: Andy Malcolm
33 songs. 77 minutes. The only compilation that could be better would
be a Jade Tree sampler. That’s how good this is. And the bands are in
alphabetical order on the CD. Cool eh?
hardcore influences. Bit of Clairmel in there, bit of Texas Is The
Reason, bit of themselves
slower
and harping on about the merits of drinking and driving. ha ha! whatever
not quite as impressive as anything on their album. off-key, cracked
vocals power their crunchy emo-punk-rock with added hardcore
influences. good stuff though
very boring
a bloke screams and i go and hide under the bed
*yawn*
unreleased track probably would have fitted on that pretty well – a
slice of melodic and catchy punk rock with what sounds like a guy
‘playing grass’ half way through. really! Fay Wray – fun, punk, and
write fast songs that last 2 minutes. check them oot
grunted, heavy hardcore, and the next it all breaks down for some
classy, sung melodic sections more in the style of, say, Clairmel.
wouldn’t mind investigating these lot further
incomprehensible singer probably a boy, but does good impression of a
girl. nice song, should be huge, probably won’t be
end. my pointers for the rest of the time though are to Silver Scooter
and Beezewax
“na na na na” and “jud jud” – utterly silly, but fun i guess
done like this. cool shouty vocals and backups
Slayer song called “Antichrist”. if i knew the original, i’d get the
joke
rumbling but still has a tune. maybe a bit like the Schema song on the
dismal Diaries 3. Makes me think of Cable at times
much more monotone than Chris Leo), but perhaps more jangly. breaks out
into sporadic bursts of Clairmel style punk. i like this a lot
is crap so i won’t elaborate
like their album be sure to also get the earlier 7″. anyway, PUKU13 do
hardcore influenced punk rock with melodicism and added HWM influences.
if anyone knows for sure if they share a band member, can you let me
know? all i have to prove my suspicion is a picture of a guy with a
beard in PUKU who looks rather like a guy with a beard on the
HWM/Clairmel split 8.5″. ta! oh, and this song rocks, probably more so
than most of the album tracks. be into this band
either dated or lo-fi feel. exceedingly catchy, and a cool song title –
“Facial Disobedience”
words fast. this is pretty good somehow
guess. aggressive and heavy with frantic screamed vocals
other bands, so one of them decided to do this acoustic version of HWM.
and it fuckin’ rules. man
than regular ska. and they don’t do punk either. should be annoying,
but i defy you not to smile when listening
slightly emoey, occasionally crazy, occasionally like HWM. vocals are
excellent. another hit
between punky indie rock and hardcore, cos it’s very melodic, yet fast
and slightly aggressive too. i dunno. what i do know is that its
brilliant
song called “Judy Garland’s Christmas Special”. which makes me think,
do you think we’ll ever hear a comedy emo band? dunno how that’d work.
anyways, SFD are specialising in a heavy brand of ‘core which doesn’t
go much faster than mid-paced. not bad for this kinda thing
common with labelmates Clairmel and HWM. No Idea must have the patent
on releasing this style of music, cos all their bands that do it rule
the world
that style on this CD, as they have melodic and more creative bits like
Grade. singer sounds desperate. decent
that hardcore. i guess it is this CDs equivalent of them ‘chill out’
rooms for all those people dumb enough to go to speed garage clubs or
whatever
As Homer Simpson said, “Is there anything a donut can’t do?”. Although
you’ll never like all the songs, even the dodgier ones sit well amidst
the greatness. Just buy this.