Brown Sugar – Sings of Birds and Racism LP (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
From Buffalo comes some sturdy punk-n-roll from a gravel-throated singer and a band that’s not unfamiliar with hardcore and speed, but who will slow it down to a respectable mid-tempo mosh beat for you to get loose by. The eight songs here come and go (mostly go), and while not much stayed with me (apart from some chugging choruses, and a breakdown on the final track “I Want To Be a Somali Pirate” lifted straight from Pink Floyd. This is rockin’, maybe a little more raw and less expansive than recent Fucked Up records, but in the same lane. Since their sonic footprint is established from the first chord, not a lot changes in their sound, and even at eight short songs, some listeners are going to get lost in the sameness of the endeavor. Then again, some won’t. Just hope you like saxophone – there’s some on just about every track, but thankfully it’s not intrusive. This is Brown Sugar, not Morphine. (http://feebleminds.bigcartel.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
