LOGIKPARTY – GOOD HOOD
(WHITE PLAGUE RECORDS)
I bought this seven
inch straight from the hands of Roger Miller from Mission Of Burma after one of
their gigs thinking that he was something to do with it but as far as I can see
or tell he ain’t anything to do with it at all. Really?
That aside, Logikparty
are something of an impressively dense proposition reminding me of Drive Like
Jehu sporting a female front. The band
exhibits wilfully scratchy guitars as more vocals in Slits territory rule the
roost in menacing fashion. With this
Lydia Lunch and a heavier version of Teenage Jesus And The Jerks springs to
mind.
The band hails from
Dublin and describes their genre as concrete, which is a trait that soon
becomes apparent with their relentless flow and nasty disposition. This is pained and damaged music to listen
to benefiting from all good things post-punk without falling into the usual
traps of outfits attempting ideas so angular.
I think once upon a
time I would have found this music empowering and invigorating as it would
represent a stark and hostile reasoning to existence. And that emotion is still fed but as I grow older my capacity to
derive anger from such things is slightly dimmed and lessened. I remain angrier having bought the release
thinking that it involved Roger Miller and was something of Mission Of Burma
offshoot. I am idiot and Logikparty
have exposed me.
This is a band for
you; take it as a gift from me.
Thesaurus moment:
excrescence.
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