Labels: Force Fed
Review by: Thomas Sadler
Diet Pills are a strange breed, in a scene whose veins are clogged with forgettable, convention following tripe this band carve a different path. The two tracks found here perfectly meld the sounds of Flipper, Jesus Lizard and Nuerosis into a monstrously spastic cacophony, wrestling the listener to the floor with the weight of their untamed, bass heavy fuzz. The unhinged David Yow styled vocals set off the mix perfectly, wailing and shrieking through percussive riffing without ever becoming a parody of the Jesus Lizard’s howler. Unfortunatley the artwork feels massively contrived, as if the energy in creating such a damned inventive record has sucked away the interest in supplying the visually inclined any eye candy. Don’t let this put you off however, once the sleeve is discarded the needle will do the talking.