V/A What’s For Breakfast? Volume 1 EP
This is a pretty cut-and-dry affair—four songs from four Chicago bands pressed on a 45. Each of these groups offer statements of intent via eponymous songs, and they’re all solid, garage-inflected rock’n’roll endeavors. DOOMZDAY SLUTZ channel IRON MAIDEN through dual guitar leads chained to a sci-fi take on punk, while 96 COUGAR brings a wiry off-kilter energy to bar rock. Both WATERMELON and NIGHTFREAK are game as well, with fairly no-nonsense, high-energy and melodically solid punk. All in all, this is a great scene report from one of the United States’ most storied music cities on the map. Good stuff.