Burnt Cross - Arms Trade Death Trade - 7

Labels: Tadpole
Review by: Adam Fleet

Brighton’s Burnt Cross come up trumps with their second 7″ of politically charged anarcho punk. Think Flux, Conflict and obviously Crass. It’s their second 7″ release on Tadpole records in almost as many months and they belt out 3 tracks of angry, enraged protest punk. Lyrically they are excellent in their simplicity. Firing off salvos against animal abuse, and in support of the “˜Smash Edo’ campaign – aimed at bringing down the detestable pricks who make weapons components, based locally in Brighton. The title track especially is a real winner, and in addition there is a pretty cool video for it to be found on youtube. Passionate, pissed off, political punk rock (I rule at alliteration!).