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 23, 2010

Adult Themes – “Four Fires” b/w “Young Bodies” 7” (Cardboard)

This side-project of thinking-person’s avant-hardcore combo Graphic Violence digs in like ankle-herpes. Nothing in that sentence exists. I like this band’s moniker because it IS a direct reference to something a particular age group remembers from the loose childhood and teen years punctuated by the weekly delivery or arrival of the cable TV guide. I never knew what “Adult Themes” meant. I know that it was the only warning issued about Ordinary People and it always popped up for PG-Rated movies that should have been rated G but didn’t have any talking animals. As for bands and the music they make, there’s a sexual thing running through this, for sure. Just like there was a sexual thing running though early Blonde Redhead, the slap-you-upside-the-head influence here. Hard, heavy drums that are no doubt a blast to watch, female vocals with a faint, sexy husk accenting the hook on the A side and the quasi-hook on the flip, and the bass set to 90’s aggro-lite all around. The drumming is amazing and I bet it’s L.O.U.D. live, and as these things settle into place up here in my brain, I can’t help but wonder if we’re going to see an influx of bands heavily influenced by Oneida, or if things will be a trickle with the parent band remaining just outside of their proper due. (http://www.cardboardrecords.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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