To
me, there are two kinds of reviews that you could give SHITSTORM, and though
they could be exactly the same in terms of wording they would come across
differently to the reader, and almost as opposites at that. At the heart of the music, SHITSTORM
embraces a semi-hardcore punk style that is mostly fuzz punk. This could be taken as either a bad thing
or a good thing depending upon your perspective on life.
SHITSTORM
falls somewhere on the map between Hunx, Guttermouth, label mates Grow Fangs
and Dead Milkmen. There is a song with
mention of “6 6 6”, and there is a song that seems to be indirectly quoting the
Ramones. Given that knowledge and that
list of comparisons, people could very easily look at that and say, “Wow, this
is what everyone is doing, especially on that other label over there, Burger
Records”.
The
fact is that as close as this might be to garage, it has that hint of Guttermouth
(who is one of my all-time favorite bands) and just a little something extra to
elevate this from being just another clone of a clone, basically. Even if this was released by Burger
Records, it would stand out from their blatant sea of unoriginality, but I feel
that it is the fact that this isn’t on that label that is a true testament to
its own personality.
SHITSTORM
is what you want every band to sound like: something familiar, yet
different. You want the influences to
be there, but not so much as that a compilation ends up sounding like a single
band. All those little punk and garage bands who
want to truly do something worthwhile follow in the path of SHITSTORM and you
might just get there. This is just
oh-so-good.
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