Thing of the Day
PUNK ROCK PACKAGES FROM AMY IN ST.LOUIS…
December 11th 2010
SINGLE: PROLETARIAT PUNCH –
The Opposable Thumb (Recluse) – Out on a very good looking homemade 3”
CD thing via St. Louis (Missouri) label Recluse. Two classic slices of
authentic sounding very English anarcho punk commitment, one side
blasting along at ranting ramming smash-the-system speed, the other
dubbed out and throwing questions along with some healthy remembrance
of Wally Hope… Classic anarcho punk in the wholesome manner of all yer
family favourites – all yer Subhumans, Anthrax (UK), Electro Hippies,
Conflict and such… The doomsday clock is ticking and it’s just a game
of chess to the bastards in control… The authentic sound of good old
British poll tax- smashing, inner city anarcho old-school squat punk
sent to us here in our Hackney bunker direct from St.Louis - it really
is a punk rock global village and not a soaped stamp in sight… Love the
single, we’ve all probably heard it a thousand times before, love it
though, you can’t fake this sentiment, this energy or commitment,
wouldn’t want it any other way – surely there’s always space for a band
or two like this?
I must confess we know nothing about Proletariat
Punch, and they’ve done a rather good job of covering their tracks as
far as the internet is concerned, besides a few on-line shops selling
the single there’s really nothing. Even the record company’s website is
down (strange, they seem to regularly write us actual paper letters,
maybe this is coming through a time hole? Wish I hadn’t recycled the
envelope and sent it back out already, should have checked the post
mark, thanks for sending the packages Amy!) . Says the two track were
recorded in 2010, could really come from any time over the last thirty
years of badly photocopied DIY soaped-stamp anarcho punk, they sound
English, the lyrics suggest they are, wherever they’re from, love
it.
Also in one of Amy’s packages…
ALBUM: THE FRANKENHOOKERS
– Poseurs – Sixth album since 2005, Poseurs was recorded in what sounds
like five blister days over a year, they suggest “we suck!” for taking
so long. Seems it took them a year “to manage the cash flow required
for a professional studio”. We have a “promotional CDr” here, the blurb
on the photocopies cover suggests that the album may only be out on
cassette, I might be totally wrong there, says you can buy the cassette
version for $3. And as with Proletariat Punch, on-line information
about The Frankenhookers (beyond their 2005 debut album) is not at a
premium. I kind of like all this, no internet blurb, no
facespacetwitterhype, just more raging old school DIY punk rock. This
is more raw insanity and blistering shoutery, this time it comes laced
with a thrash flavoured psycho-splatter undercurrent, with lots of
cussing, with some yelling and a healthy self-abusing set of tongues in
their collective cheeks. Raw blistering punk rock with a smile, some
bubblegum, some video games, some cannibalism and a touch of GG Allin
in there with a puff adder’s bite, a worm’s eye view of a salad bar and
a whole bag load of demonoid mania. Some of us around here love this,
others are demanding I turn that damn noise off now… All a matter of
taste
Write to Amy and find out more via Recluse Records,
3957 Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA or e.mail info at utopiastl
dot com
The website is at www.recluserecords.com
