\This split sees Portland Oregon’s Gaytheist teaming up with Connecticut noise-mongers (and supercorrupter favs), Intercourse. You get two tracks from each band, and it’s a really quick listen. Check it out! – Jason
GAYTHEIST
Gaytheist just put out a new LP recently (How Long Have I Been On Fire on HEX Records) and I’m new to them despite their discography stretching back to at least 2011. The two tracks on this split are quick and to the point. Sound-wise, this is awesome. The bass sounds gnarly as heck with a nicely overdriven tone ripping in tandem with the hard hitting drums. The guitars are bright and crisp, riffing with clarity throughout the brief run time (under 3 minutes total). This reminds me a lot of Songs For Singles era Torche, and that’s a-okay with me!
Cracks – Heck yeah, this track has a great pulse and really gets the blood pumping! It’s catchy and rocks hard. The bass intro rules and I love the little staccato accents that pepper the track. It’s a hard-driving tune that ends before you’re ready. Thumbs up!
Summon Me – The band mines a bit more of a 70s power-pop vibe on this one, and it’s a solid rocker! The Day The Earth Stood Still/Army of Darkness lyrical reference is fun and once again, I’m left wanting more when the tune abruptly ends. Good stuff!
INTERCOURSE
Full disclosure, this band has been kicking my butt since I started the review portion of this blog back in 2016. I’m Facespace pals with the band’s frontman, and I’m always excited for whatever they release. Apparently, these songs were tracked a few years ago and are finally seeing the light of day. In keeping with the “slower,” less spastic vibe of last year’s Bum Wine EP, these songs have a more pronounced noise rock foundation to them and less overall insanity. It sounds great, but a little less high fidelity sounding than that Gaytheist tracks (less top end shimmer perhaps?). The guitars sound nasty as ever, the bass buried in grit, the drums large and in charge. Ahmed’s vocals sound great to. It rocks.
Last Cigarette Wrong End – This track immediately erupts with a busy, snapping snare and the band at full tilt. There’s no easing into it, just immediate nausea! Rips. When they land on the lurching riff that drives the last half of the track, I’m thrown into body convulsions. Nasty! Love it.
My War – Ok, I’m not the biggest Black Flag fan, but I respect them for what they did and how they did it. With all of that said, this cover rules (I’d say it’s on par or better than the original). It’s got a dissonance in the left-right guitars that definitely speaks to the sloppiness of Black Flag, and I love Ahmed’s vocal take, especially the only hear it in an Intercourse track lyrical ad-lib in the bridge (“I’ll probably stay home and cum to some milfs not barely legal teens ’cause that’s creepy”) [corrected misquote]. This hits hard and the treatment of the song is rock solid. Thumbs up.
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lyrics
I wish I could stop time for a moment and breathe it in before it flies by again and again and again and again. The uneasiness only increases with age. What’s the point of this? It’s just watching loved ones die as you grow old. Living out our small town lives on a steady diet of cigarettes, alcohol, and resentment. This is as heartfelt as I’m ever gonna get so take a picture. It’s sad really I’m actually kind of book smart. I could have been a doctor or a lawyer or an astronaut or some shit. I don’t struggle with depression I excel at it.
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Brilliant - punishing, but brilliant. jim_fuego
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