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Grotto Targeted Solution 12″

Paranoid punk for a world that already lost the plot. Eight tracks of schizoid hardcore that take the twitchy aggression of RUDIMENTARY PENI, the frantic, angular attack of KORO, and the warped mania of early obscure hardcore. The songs are short and nasty. “Black Imp,” “Dark Arts,” and “Dogmen” strike  with the kind of nervous energy that makes everything feel slightly wrong. Recorded at Pee Blood Studios and mastered by Will Killingsworth, the record has the suitably raw, abrasive finish this kind of psychotic punk demands. Neon Taste even pitches it at listeners obsessed with “media-induced paranoia,” strange water, and the feeling that something is very, very wrong.