Ignorantes Las Promesas Que Te Hacemos Te Las Puedes Meter Por El Cul 7″
Chilean punks IGNORANTES usually deal in scorched, blown-out, hyper-abrasive recordings—the kind of raw tupa-tupa punk that is so harsh it feels like it’s stripping paint. But this two-song 7″ is a bit of a curveball, serving up super lo-fi but almost poppy Oi! with plasticky keyboards that give it an odd sweetness. While digging through their catalog for this review, the release that grabbed me most was No Hemos Inventado Nada, Ni Nos Interesa Hacerlo, even though the recording quality is so brutal it made my ears bleed. By contrast, this 7″ is lighter and bouncier. Side A’s “Adiós Camarada” even carries a hint of that CURE “Boys Don’t Cry” tune, which gives the whole thing an oddly familiar flavor. I respect the swing into new territory, even if it doesn’t fully land for me.
