Sux Sux Sells LP
Oh, hell yeah! The St. Louis Horrendous New Wave-rs are back! Or, wait, that was a band called SHUX. Bummer. This here is SUX, a quartet of Seattleites cosplaying as HUNX before he got actually hunky. I gotta admit that I was not psyched to dive into this record after looking at its cover. But I also gotta admit that I was pleasantly surprised once I was in. “Get Outta My Way” kicks off the album with a revved-up garage punk number with quite a melodic hook. It reminds me of GAUNT, a comparison that I haven’t had the pleasure of making in I don’t know how long. Sick! Subsequent tracks never quite reach the heights of the album opener, but are solid enough. The tinny vocals are a result of being sung through a telephone receiver, which is a gimmick that I’d like to see die, and one that makes me groan a bit looking back at this record cover. But, whatever, these are kids who grew up post-landline, so I kinda get the allure, and the lo-fi aesthetic largely works. A thoroughly fine record.