When
I first press play on “Fringe Existence”, my mind does a double take. I somehow hear both acoustic and electric
sounds coming through. I suppose it
could be an acoustic guitar and electric guitar being played together, or they
do make a sort of acoustic-electric guitar, but it just feels like an electric
guitar somehow gone acoustic. Perhaps it
is the vibe of the strumming of an electric guitar without plugging into an
amp? I’m not certain.
Throughout
this cassette, Null channels mostly punk rock but manages to do so along with
some just killer guitar riffs and an almost bluesy sound. At times, this can recall Jack White, but for
more of his recent solo album than any work he’s done as part of a band. I also like to think of these heavy bass
lines and distorted vocals as being something akin to a dark version of the
B-52’s. The same sort of song structure
seems to be there, just without the playfulness.
Amidst
everything else that is happening, there is just this great underlying theme of
The Clash in these songs. It’s hard to
explain because it’s not so much that Null sounds like The Clash as I’d say
that directly, but it just makes me think of The Clash quite often while
listening to this tape. Mixing that
with all of the other punk factors does this make this quite enjoyable for just
about any listener, but especially for me because I like it best on cassette.
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