Scraps On the Edge of the Abyss LP
This French anarchic hardcore band is still going at it, nearly a half-century in. That’s certainly no small feat, and yet with their latest slab of tunes, the energy is still there but the ideas aren’t particularly novel. But fuck, who am I to sit and judge, as someone who’s never kept a band together longer than five years? This is old school, with plenty of piss left in the tank, and that’s something to be celebrated. Still plenty to shout about in this day and age, and it’s good to see the old guard hasn’t chilled out at all. Besides, the dextrous bass is high in the mix, absolutely killing it while the whole band chimes in on the choruses. That’s what you want and that’s what you get.