The Avengers – We Are The One 7” EP / “Paint It Black” b/w “Thin White Line” 7” / “Teenage Rebel” b/w “Friends Of Mine” 7” (Superior Viaduct)
RECOMMENDED
Shouldn’t have to sell any of you on these. Like the “Avengers” movie that just came out, the truth of this band cannot be avoided. If you don’t have the originals, this is a good way to cover your ass until you can scrape up enough cash to get ‘em. Essential, quasi-feminist, totally tough/hard/oppositional punk rock from San Francisco ’77 and up. You shouldn’t be having to learn about this band from a blog that reviews Pink Noise records; the Avengers are still in the groundwater for the young person looking for punk as a means of social change and revolution. And what punk records these are! When’s the last time you heard “We Are The One”? Do you remember every single part of that song the way I do? How many other songs can you say that about? These cost a steep $12 apiece, but in the context of their original formats these are totally worth getting. I can show you a lot of records that cost more than $12 that are nowhere near as good as these. Colored vinyl on each, too, for the Record Store Day 2012 editions (new black vinyl pressings of all three are out later this month, perhaps at a more reasonable price point … but I understand what it costs to make records happen and reward those who made the music). (http://www.superiorviaduct.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
