STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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December 18, 2011

Anthrax – “Fight ‘Em ‘Til You Can’t” b/w “The Devil You Know” 7” (Megaforce)

Being knocked on my dick by that Corrosion of Conformity 7” on Southern Lord had an unfortunate impact on me: Give me some brand new vinyl by a metal or heavy band that shouldn’t be worth a quickly-raised eyebrow and I will gamble on getting the same wallop as “Your Tomorrow,” regardless of how the two sonic footprints dance with one another. In short, this Anthrax 7” made me the prompt recipient of decently-heavy riffing that remains devoid of that special spark, so when the locker-room-assault-rock vocals blindsided me, I blindsided this record with terminal turntable blacklisting and a free one-way ticket on the information highway, all the way to a brand new owner who doesn’t know of their good fortune as of yet. Released when the new Anthrax full-length was announced a few months back, there are copies on Megaforce and copies on Nuclear Blast. There are green copies and blue copies and possibly more colors. There are high quality riffs ruined by dumber-than-normal (meaning: “duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh…..” as opposed to “Oh wow, Anthrax did a pretty badass Husker Du cover in the 90’s!!”) vocals and now there is a longer-than-needed review that will never be mistaken for a ringing endorsement by anyone in its future readership of strictly finite numbers. (http://megaforcerecords.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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