Labels: Hermit
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Hmm, my camera has just bitten the dust. Taking with it some pictures of ALL. Oh well. I knew Russ, Ian and myself shouldn’t have attempted to parody the Dillinger 4 cover-art for “More Songs About Girlfriends & Bubblegum” in that graveyard…. *grin* – spook: ghosts destroyed my camera!
Hey, this is about a year old or something, but why care! This is Collective. So, Grover. Uh. Their 2 songs are pretty average here compared with their other 7″ that I have, I hope the new stuff out on Crackle soon is going to be better. Anyway, “Front Door” is snotty, pacy, simple punk rock, and as a rule I do not like snotty, pacy, simple punk rock (except for Panic) and this song is dull. Luckily, “All Gone Wrong” redeems things with a snappy hardcore belter, just flying a long with little production and value and yelled vocals. Gritty. To the point. I like.
Jayne Doe, if you don’t know (that rhymes) have guys in them who went on to form Spy Versus Spy, and well, based on these 2 songs they must have rather ruled when they were about. “Following Patterns” is noisy, hardcore influenced melodic punk. The screamy/sung vocals are dead good, and I can’t think of many pointers for who they sounded like – Broccoli or Jawbreaker I guess. “Following Patterns” kicks, with a storming catchy chorus. “A Human Reminder” does more of the same, another great chorus, and tune. Pretty raw, but you can tell what they were aiming for. Note to bands: I like punk done like this, please make more of it. Just for me? Go on, you know you want to.