Mainly mid-to-slow tempo tunes, often lilting, more often with a metalish riff structure but without the wanking, while lyrics are dark and introspective. There’s something here in both vocals and music that reminds me a teeny bit of BEEFEATER, but not in an imitative way.
Really excellent pop punk. There’s a DC-ish quality to the tunes, meaning lots of melody, power, personal/emotional lyrics, and Don Zientara production. Four tunes, all hot.
Splatter rock, mainly aimed at cutting up women. “Hey, but it’s a joke, dude.” True enough, and everyone’s entitled to their cup o’ tea, no matter how dumb. It’s just great that all the men involved in this project are so enlightened and have such a good sense of humor that violence toward women is OK to joke about. Hey, racism is funny too, dude, for white people.
Four songs from four Philly standouts, including RUIN, ELECTRIC LOVE MUFFIN, SCRAM, and FOD. Each band holds their own creative ground that challenges the listener. Some noise thrash, post-punk, reggae, world beat—it’s all here, and all four songs support a hard edge. Well put together musical document.
Four bands offer one song each on this nifty sampler. We get an intense, original HC offering from RUIN (with great lyrics); hook-filled pop punk by ELECTRIC LOVE MUFFIN; SCRAM performs an okay reggae-tinged number; and F.O.D. go completely crazy on their trashed out live track. Cool record; buy it.
