Snotcore

Seminal release by Beantown hardcore mainstays The Freeze. Thumbing his nose at pretty much every facet of mainstream America, the snide, ultra-condescending vocals of Clif Hanger are like a fucking cheese grater on your balls. The music is fast, high-treble Boston hardcore in the vein of Gang Green and their ilk. "Go Team Go" is my favorite - a hilarious jab against the ruling jock society that I'm sure were the antagonists of Hanger's teenage memories. "Duh Family" is a close second - a typical Freeze anthem championing the anti-Reagan family - the house is a ghetto in a fine neighborhood... they all should be shot... Yes they should!  Enjoy.

Go Pats Go

Cape Cod Core

I knew about the Freeze for years long before I actually heard them - nearly every mailorder package I got from Ax/ction Records came with a zillion mini-flyers advertizing the band. Finally getting my hands on the killer Revenge Of The Kamikaze Stegosaurus From Outer Space! compilation LP years later at last gave me the chance to hear the Cape Cod townies at work. Their contribution, "Refrigerator Heaven," was a perfect piece of snotnose punk; funny lyrics, way too high on the treble with enough fuzz feedback to make your ears bleed. Probably the sound the Dead Milkmen were trying to get years later on Big Lizard. Regardless, The Freeze are still at it 30 years later, with a few token hiatuses and line up changes under their belt. Here's a 4-song gem from 1985 - probably them at their most hardcore - enjoy.

Go Patriots

 
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