The
first song on this cassette comes out guns blazing and it reminds me of the
earlier, hardcore punk era of a band like AFI (You know, before AFI wanted to
be the Misfits as much as they seemingly do now) Though to compare this to AFI isn’t entirely
fair, but it rather sounds like a band who sounds like AFI but isn’t AFI, if
that makes any sense.
Great
guitar work on the first song translates to the second, which is live, and it
takes on an instrumental route which is somewhere between ZZ Top and
Steppenwolf. Had this stayed like the first song for the
entirety of it I don’t know where my head would have been at. I would like to hear a band one day that
brings out that old AFI quality which I feel they mistakenly left behind
(Though in some ways they did have to grow, evolve even), but I’m not 100%
certain I am ready for it yet so luckily Skull Practitioners do not leave it up
to me to decide that just yet. (Thank
you, very much)
Side
B also has two songs and it begins with more of a classic rock feel. The songs remain instrumental, as only the
first one had vocals, which is not as odd as you might think considering some
of the things that I have heard. The
third song has almost this driving feel to it, like Golden Earring, while the
last gets a little more slide guitar rockin’ ala Led Zeppelin and Jet before
just engaging in some chaos along the likes of Electric Eel Shock.
Skull
Practitioners are wild and could have easily found themselves as part of that
stellar roster of bands on Equal Vision Records back when I remember listening
to them wholeheartedly. In the current age of music, and especially of
cassettes, I could very easily see Skull Practitioners fitting in on the
diverse yet rocking roster of Already Dead Tapes. Wherever and however they put out their music
though, I can rest assured knowing that it will be great and I will be
there.
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