SLICES

So we've been into the p-rock thing for a while, got jaded, went into rampant hipsterism and started clubbing and taking drugs, and fucking girls with horn-rimmed glasses....what the fuck makes us crawl back into a sexually deprived hell hole of basement shows, vinyl records that take up far too much space, retarded arguments and t-shirts that fade in the first wash? For me, its bands like Slices that do the trick.
I admit it, i'm a sucker for this kind of sound, ugly, noisy, furious hardcore punk, that takes later period Black Flag as a blueprint to go wherever the fuck they feel like going. In a way, it's similar to what Born Against or End Of The Line did 20 years ago, but it's not an imitation in sound or attitude, reviews have tagged it as 'Crossed Out playing 'My War' side B' and while i'm not really 100% into that, i'll admit it's a pretty good working description. I'm reviewing both their 7"s on Home Invasion and 160h records (i need a copy of this, be nice, i'm broke), being as they are from the same recording session, and all i can say is they are on constant rotation on my ipod and turntable.
Music that can be hard, ugly, fast, noisy, dirgey, slow, with lyrics that don't insult my intelligence, a recording that is powerful and crunchy without being overproduced and an awesome attention to detail when it comes to the record layout/packaging, which is what makes it worthwhile to actually buy a record in the end, this brings to mind the same feel as all those early 90s records: Heroin, Born Against, Crossed Out, End Of The Line, Rorschach, Cop Out...just pure gut-level hardcore punk without retro posing, scene style guides to follow, pretentious and badly played out 'slickness', or ridiculous attempts and being 'professional'...all i need really.


Buy their records from Home Invasion and 16Oh or check out the band's blog.