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 9, 2010

Hank IV – III LP (Siltbreeze)

Things to like right away about the new Hank IV album: it’s not got the ugliest looking sleeve of the decade (last one might have beat out Sweet Sixteen by Royal Trux), and it doesn’t say “HIV” on the cover. Open it up, slap it on, and another thing happens – you start to hear this band of 40-something punk/DIY vets (Icky Boyfriends, etc.) hitting their stride, getting meaner and stronger, more determined as the years roll on. It’s also their shortest and best-produced effort to date, so the effort to include naught but their best (like opener “Garbage Star” and a cover of Stereolab’s “The Noise of Carpet,” tastefully reupholstered in human skin) further strengthens the case for the special ways in which they swing the sledge. For those who get it, this is like the moment when the Volcano Suns ended and Kustomized began, and if you get that, you get it in general. (http://www.siltbreeze.com)
(Doug Mosurock)

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