Scud Dirt cassette
Quirky punk with an unexpected biology motif, featuring songs about dirt, pesticides, snakes, worms, and more. This isn’t some nerdy science shit, though—more like utilizing the thematic content to analogize existential dread in a fun and slightly disturbed way. The description may read as goofy, but the execution is sharp and captivating. The songs themselves are well-constructed jammers that remind me of the fantastic EPs of PRIMETIME crossed with NEGATIVE SCANNER. The lazy comparison is to fellow Aussies AMY AND THE SNIFFERS, though I find SCUD to have more depth and dimensionality, both lyrically and sonically. See the one-minute ripper “Pest” to substantiate this claim. They round out the release with a country song about the life of a weed slayer. I now need to check out their other releases, as this latest one sets the bar pretty dang high.
