That’s Hipster Piss Party to you. Side A consists of a batch of nameless, almost tuneless, but no less effective boneheaded punk rock dust-off huffer anthems, with a guy (who I believe is Dillan from trebly OlyWA band Sisters, late of a full-length on Parts Unknown) hollering about “bringing back the Bronze Age” and shit like that. Side B, recorded this past summer, seems a little more concise, the band restraining itself from pushing all of its buttons at once, and here’s where we get to hear a bit of development against the novelty of irritation wears off. It’s good stuff, and since we won’t be hearing as much from Sex Vid anymore, it’s cool that their Pac-NW non-garage/non-twee buddies are picking up the slack. At first listen I was strongly reminded of Worst Case Scenario, and there’s very little wrong with that. (email to vaineruditeandstupid@yahoo.com)
(Doug Mosurock)